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coracle
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Exciting for those of us who are somewhere in USA or could realistically travel there.... Logos Theatre is staging The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, and taking it on tour, firstly in Washington DC. 

It is some years since they staged this, and I am fairly sure this is a revision of their original script from several years ago. 

https://www.museumofthebible.org/events/lww

https://theacademyofarts.org/logos-theatre-on-tour/

I live far away, but I am dreaming up how I can get there to see the show. I have seen The Horse And His Boy, twice, at their home theatre in Taylors, SC. It was wonderful!  Some of you got to see Prince Caspian a few years ago too.

The Academy of Arts/Logos Theatre is one of a small number of  theatre companies whose adaptations of Narnia were always approved by Doug Gresham.

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : January 21, 2025 7:48 pm
Pete
 Pete
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I hadn't noticed this threat before - I've seen a couple of stage productions of LWW before, one of them was an amateur one which was presented at a local university near where I was living in the late 1990s.  The production was quite good for an amateur production, but unfortunately I don't remember many details about it.  The other production I saw was much more memorable.  It was in January of 2003, it was made by Malcolm C. Cooke Productions and directed by Nadia Tass, starring Amanda Muggleton as the White Witch.  This production involved puppets and actors - the Aslan was quite impressive, and IMO looked more real than the BBC TV series Aslan.  I've been trying recently to see if I can see any video footage of it on YouTube or anywhere else on the internet, but haven't been able to - I do however still have the program from the production, a pamphlet promoting it and some newspaper cuttings about it.  When I went to see it, I purchased a snow globe which was one of the bits of merchandise they had available, and IMO was the best of the merchandise, however, sadly it wasn't great quality and ended up losing water and getting cracked.

I'll see if I can scan in and post up some of the things I have about this production if anyone's interested. 😀 

*~JESUS is my REASON!~*

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Posted : January 22, 2025 4:51 am
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SirVincentofNarnia
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I've always wanted to see stage adaptions of Narnia. I've heard really good things about the productions the Logos Theater has done as well. Unfortunately too far away to catch one this time around. 

Let us go on and take the adventure that shall fall to us
-Queen Susan
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
People are quick to judge but slow to correct themselves
-Ezio Auditore, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

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Posted : January 22, 2025 9:08 am
Moonlit_Centaur
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For anyone in the UK there's currently a production of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' on tour. 

https://www.lionwitchonstage.com/

"Do not by any means destroy yourself for if you live you may yet have good fortune but all the dead are dead alike" - Hwin

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Posted : February 13, 2025 9:07 am
Courtenay
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@moonlit_centaur That's the same production I saw in London a few years ago — I reviewed it right at the start of this thread: https://community.narniaweb.com/index.php/community/general-movie-discussion/narnia-stage-adaptations/#post-4244

Basically, I wouldn't recommend it, but others with different tastes may enjoy it. 

"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)

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Topic starter Posted : February 13, 2025 10:23 am
coracle
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Definitely avoid it!!  I saw the original production by this company, approved of by Douglas Gresham (who attended the opening), but later versions were much poorer and were shown as an adventure rather than the special story we love.  Aslan was not given the status and respect.

If you could afford it, I'd suggest you treat yourself to seeing the Logos Theatre production in Washington DC, which opens this weekend!  

EDIT on 21st Feb US time: It did not open last weekend, but a week later - THIS weekend! I've seen glimpses, but they've carefully avoided posting much of the main action online. 

https://theacademyofarts.org/logos-theatre-on-tour/ < -and elsewhere later this year and next year.

This post was modified 6 hours ago by coracle

There, shining in the sunrise, larger than they had seen him before, shaking his mane (for it had apparently grown again) stood Aslan himself.
"...when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor's stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backwards."

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Posted : February 13, 2025 2:51 pm
SirVincentofNarnia
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From May to August this year they are headed to Branson, Missouri and I might make the trip since that's more reasonable than Washington DC.

It seems like they might sell out the DC shows pretty quickly so probably best to get tickets now if any are interested!

Let us go on and take the adventure that shall fall to us
-Queen Susan
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
People are quick to judge but slow to correct themselves
-Ezio Auditore, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

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Posted : February 21, 2025 12:26 am
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