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2010

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Date/Area	Description
2 Feb - 22 Jun Various, UK	The Hobbit Stage Show Following three hugely successful national tours, two acclaimed capacity seasons in the West End and after an absence of seven years, the incredible magic of The Hobbit takes to the stage again, embarking on a national tour in February 2010. More Info Venue: Various Web site: http://www.thehobbittour.co.uk
2 Feb - 1 Apr Various, UK	One Man Lord of the Rings Tour (including dates) 100,000 characters. Nine companions. Three masterworks. One Man to do it all. Following its sell-out success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, One Man Lord Of The Rings, written and performed by Canadian actor Charles Ross, returns for a full UK tour in February/March 2010. More Info Venue: Various Web site: http://www.onemanlotr.com Contact details: press DOT here AT virgin DOT net Phone: 0208 740 1102
25 Mar various	Tolkien Reading Day 25th March is Tolkien Reading Day! Tolkien Reading Day was set up to encourage people to get together and explore some of Tolkien’s stories at school, university, in reading groups, or as a family; the theme for 2010 is “Tolkien’s Seafarers”. More Info Venue: various Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/tolkienreadingday.html Contact details: publicity AT tolkiensociety DOT org Phone: - Postal Address: -
23 Apr - 25 Apr Jena, Germany	Tolkien and Romanticism 2010 Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft Seminar More Info Venue: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Web site: http://www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/
22 May Modena, Italy	Tolkien and Philosophy The Istituto Filosofico di Studi Tomistici [Philosophic Institute of Thomistic Studies], in cooperation with the Associazione Romana di Studi Tolkieniani [Roman Association of Tolkien Studies], presents the congress "Tolkien and Philosophy". Guest speakers include Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger and Christopher Garbowski, as well as the Italian Tolkien scholars and writers Franco Manni, Andrea Monda and Wu Ming 4. Admission Free. Venue: Congress hall of the Standard Hotel Raffaello Web site: http://www.istitutotomistico.it/ Contact details: hunnaur AT alice DOT it Postal Address: Congress Hall of the Standard Hotel Raffaello, Modena, Italy
26 Jun Birmingham, UK	Tolkien and Birmingham Papers are invited on the theme “Tolkien & Birmingham”. More Info Venue: Central Library’s Shakespeare Memorial Room, Birmi Web site: - Contact details: edsec AT tolkiensociety DOT org
9 Jul - 12 Jul Dallas, Texas, USA	Mythcon 41 - War In Heaven The annual conference of the Mythopoeic Society. More Info Venue: Southern Methodist University Web site: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/41/
13 Aug - 15 Aug Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales, UK	Festival in the Shire Announcing perhaps the biggest and most exciting event for Tolkien enthusiasts in 2010: Festival in the Shire! Including a conference, a collector’s exposition of original art, rare books and memorabilia, as well as a large festival with stalls and entertainment. More Info Venue: Pafiliwn Bont, Pontrhydfendigaid Web site: http://www.festivalintheshire.com Contact details: info AT FestivalintheShire DOT com Phone: (44) (0) 1650531329 Postal Address: Mark Faith, Festival in the Shire , Bwlchcoediog Isaf, Cwm Cewydd, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9EE, United Kingdom,
13 Aug - 16 Aug Moreton-in- Marsh	Edge of the Wild Now into its seventh year, and with free entry, our annual Art Exhibition is held at The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, a wonderful Victorian building both on the outside and inside, making it an ideal location with free parking too. More Info Venue: The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh Web site: http://www.adcbooks.co.uk Contact details: malcx AT adcbooks DOT co DOT uk Phone: +44 (0)1608 812867 Postal Address: Unit 8 Wychwood Court, , Cotswold Business Village, , Moreton-in-Marsh, , Glos,, GL56 0JQ,, UK
28 Aug Melbourne, Australia	Tolkien Society Seminar: Tolkien's Odyssey - Middle-earth and Beyond "You step onto Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."- Frodo quoting Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings. The theme of odysseys is wide-ranging in scope and can cover not only various aspects of odyssey in the works of Tolkien, but also the trials and tribulations of Tolkien's own life in his quest to produce his own 'British' mythology. CFP: papers 20 or 45 minutes long with time for questions/discussion. There may also be scope for short, 10 minute, presentations. Venue: to be defined Contact details: mlk AT activ8 DOT net DOT DOT au
24 Sep - 26 Sep Oxford, UK	Oxonmoot 2010 The Tolkien Society's annual Oxford event. Including art show, dealers room, party, talks and panels and Enyalië. Venue: Lady Margaret Hall Web site: http://www.oxonmoot.org/ Contact details: bookings AT tolkiensociety DOT org Postal Address: 21 Christian Street, Peel, ISLE OF MAN, IM5 1NW
31 Dec - 28 Feb Dartford, UK	The Hobbit Join Gandalf the Sorcerer as he leads Bilbo Baggins and his Dwarf companions off on a frightening but magical journey, a journey from which they might never return! More Info Venue: The Orchard Web site: http://www.orchardtheatre.co.uk/wrt-productions_details.asp?pid=3464 Contact details: admin AT orchardtheatre DOT co DOT uk Phone: 01322 220000 Postal Address: The Orchard, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1ED

Date/Area

Description

2 Feb - 22 Jun

Various, UK

The Hobbit Stage Show

Following three hugely successful national tours, two acclaimed capacity seasons in the West End and after an absence of seven years, the incredible magic of The Hobbit takes to the stage again, embarking on a national tour in February 2010.

More Info

Venue: Various

Web site: http://www.thehobbittour.co.uk

2 Feb - 1 Apr

Various, UK

One Man Lord of the Rings Tour (including dates)

100,000 characters. Nine companions. Three masterworks. One Man to do it all. Following its sell-out success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, One Man Lord Of The Rings, written and performed by Canadian actor Charles Ross, returns for a full UK tour in February/March 2010.

More Info

Venue: Various

Web site: http://www.onemanlotr.com

Contact details: press DOT here AT virgin DOT net

Phone: 0208 740 1102

25 Mar

various

Tolkien Reading Day

25th March is Tolkien Reading Day! Tolkien Reading Day was set up to encourage people to get together and explore some of Tolkien’s stories at school, university, in reading groups, or as a family; the theme for 2010 is “Tolkien’s Seafarers”.

More Info

Venue: various

Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ed/tolkienreadingday.html

Contact details: publicity AT tolkiensociety DOT org

Phone: -

Postal Address: -

23 Apr - 25 Apr

Jena, Germany

Tolkien and Romanticism

2010 Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft Seminar

More Info

Venue: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität

Web site: http://www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/

22 May

Modena, Italy

Tolkien and Philosophy

The Istituto Filosofico di Studi Tomistici [Philosophic Institute of Thomistic Studies], in cooperation with the Associazione Romana di Studi Tolkieniani [Roman Association of Tolkien Studies], presents the congress "Tolkien and Philosophy".

Guest speakers include Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger and Christopher Garbowski, as well as the Italian Tolkien scholars and writers Franco Manni, Andrea Monda and Wu Ming 4.

Admission Free.

Venue: Congress hall of the Standard Hotel Raffaello

Web site: http://www.istitutotomistico.it/

Contact details: hunnaur AT alice DOT it

Postal Address: Congress Hall of the Standard Hotel Raffaello, Modena, Italy

26 Jun

Birmingham, UK

Tolkien and Birmingham

Papers are invited on the theme “Tolkien & Birmingham”.

More Info

Venue: Central Library’s Shakespeare Memorial Room, Birmi

Web site: -

Contact details: edsec AT tolkiensociety DOT org

9 Jul - 12 Jul

Dallas, Texas, USA

Mythcon 41 - War In Heaven

The annual conference of the Mythopoeic Society.

More Info

Venue: Southern Methodist University

Web site: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/41/

13 Aug - 15 Aug

Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales, UK

Festival in the Shire

Announcing perhaps the biggest and most exciting event for Tolkien enthusiasts in 2010: Festival in the Shire! Including a conference, a collector’s exposition of original art, rare books and memorabilia, as well as a large festival with stalls and entertainment.

More Info

Venue: Pafiliwn Bont, Pontrhydfendigaid

Web site: http://www.festivalintheshire.com

Contact details: info AT FestivalintheShire DOT com

Phone: (44) (0) 1650531329

Postal Address: Mark Faith, Festival in the Shire , Bwlchcoediog Isaf, Cwm Cewydd, Machynlleth, Powys SY20 9EE, United Kingdom,

13 Aug - 16 Aug

Moreton-in- Marsh

Edge of the Wild

Now into its seventh year, and with free entry, our annual Art Exhibition is held at The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos, a wonderful Victorian building both on the outside and inside, making it an ideal location with free parking too.

More Info

Venue: The Redesdale Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh

Web site: http://www.adcbooks.co.uk

Contact details: malcx AT adcbooks DOT co DOT uk

Phone: +44 (0)1608 812867

Postal Address: Unit 8 Wychwood Court, , Cotswold Business Village, , Moreton-in-Marsh, , Glos,, GL56 0JQ,, UK

28 Aug

Melbourne, Australia

Tolkien Society Seminar: Tolkien's Odyssey - Middle-earth and Beyond

"You step onto Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."- Frodo quoting Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings.

The theme of odysseys is wide-ranging in scope and can cover not only various aspects of odyssey in the works of Tolkien, but also the trials and tribulations of Tolkien's own life in his quest to produce his own 'British' mythology.

CFP: papers 20 or 45 minutes long with time for questions/discussion. There may also be scope for short, 10 minute, presentations.

Venue: to be defined

Contact details: mlk AT activ8 DOT net DOT DOT au

24 Sep - 26 Sep

Oxford, UK

Oxonmoot 2010

The Tolkien Society's annual Oxford event. Including art show, dealers room, party, talks and panels and Enyalië.

Venue: Lady Margaret Hall

Web site: http://www.oxonmoot.org/

Contact details: bookings AT tolkiensociety DOT org

Postal Address: 21 Christian Street, Peel, ISLE OF MAN, IM5 1NW

31 Dec - 28 Feb

Dartford, UK

The Hobbit

Join Gandalf the Sorcerer as he leads Bilbo Baggins and his Dwarf companions off on a frightening but magical journey, a journey from which they might never return!

More Info

Venue: The Orchard

Web site: http://www.orchardtheatre.co.uk/wrt-productions_details.asp?pid=3464

Contact details: admin AT orchardtheatre DOT co DOT uk

Phone: 01322 220000

Postal Address: The Orchard, Home Gardens, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1ED

2011

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Date/Area	Description
11 Aug - 14 Aug Valencia, Spain	Omentielva Cantea The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages More Info Venue: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Web site: http://www.omentielva.com/next.htm Contact details: Beregond AT omentielva DOT com Postal Address: Omentielva Cantea, The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages, 11–14 August 2011, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain,

Date/Area

Description

11 Aug - 14 Aug

Valencia, Spain

Omentielva Cantea

The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages

More Info

Venue: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Web site: http://www.omentielva.com/next.htm

Contact details: Beregond AT omentielva DOT com

Postal Address: Omentielva Cantea, The Fourth International Conference on J. R. R. Tolkien's Invented Languages, 11–14 August 2011, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain,

2012

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Date/Area	Description
16 Aug - 20 Aug Loughborough, UK	The Return of the Ring A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012. Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet. Venue: Loughborough University Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org

Date/Area

Description

16 Aug - 20 Aug

Loughborough, UK

The Return of the Ring

A Gathering of Friends celebrating Tolkien in 2012.

Five days of lectures, workshops and other events, including a ceilidh, a costume masquerade, dealers room, art show and a banquet.

Venue: Loughborough University

Web site: http://www.returnofthering.org

Contact details: secretary AT returnofthering DOT org

Have you an event that should be on this page? If so, you can send details to <events DOT page AT tolkiensociety DOT org>.

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