The world premiere for the stage adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" has been set for Toronto in Spring 2006 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien beginning to write the trilogy and follows the 50th anniversary of the publication of said trilogy. As mentioned before, this is revelant to IAT because Finnish folk group Värttinä cowrote the music for the production with A.R. Rahman and Christopher Nightingale. Press Night is set for March 23, 2006 at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre, with preview performances from February 2 througn March 22, 2006. Public tickets go on sale on May 16, 2005 via lotr.com. The London premiere is now set for Autumn 2006.