" Bright Eärendil, your face conceals the light of the heavens,
And beauty of the Eldar blends with the hardihood of men.
Bright Eärendil, the Sea sings in your heart,
Your father knows that song well; it will change your life more than you can know. "
Baby Eärendil plays with his toys in Betrayal! Death! Love! (2025)
@sewn-with-lilies-fair is running Tolkien Adaptations Week this week, 1st to 7th September 2025, and I'm feeling honoured to be able to contribute four streams:
Day 1 - Music: The Lord of the Rings (OLCR 2008)
Monday, 1 September 2025 [past]
8:30pm CEST (Central Europe) / 2:30pm EDT (US-East)
We're listening to the original cast recording of the Lord of the Rings musical (audio only) 🎶
Day 2 - Theatre: Fellowship! A Musical Parody
Tuesday, 2 September 2025 [past]
8pm CEST (Central Europe) / 2pm EDT (US-East)
We're watching an authorised recording of the original run of Fellowship!, a musical parody of The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Day 5 - Hobbit: Hobit (2020)
Friday, 5 September 2025 [past]
8:30pm CEST (Central Europe) / 2:30pm EDT (US-East)
Let's watch Falešné společenstvo's Hobbit musical together! No subs available, but I promise it's great fun (and there might be a machine-translated script!) ✨️
Day 7 - Silmarillion: Finrod's Song (2002)
Sunday, 7 September 2025 [past]
9:30am CEST (Central Europe) / 3:30am EDT (US-East)
An edited recording of the first staged production of the Russian Finrod rock opera; includes English subtitles.
How do I join?
[link removed]
no sign-up necessary, anons welcome!
room open 10 minutes before each stream
Keep an eye out for more announcements! The full event schedule including other people's streams can be found here.
After the invasion of the fierce hordes of Balchoth, Gondor is on a brink of destruction. The Ruling steward Cirion places his hope to the North, to the half-forgotten nation of the Horselords. Will the knight Borondir succeed and convey Cirion's message?
Join me in watching Horn of Gondor (2020)- an indie fan film made in Czechia, and depicting a lesser-known chapter from the Tolkien's world, set 500 years before the story of The Lord of the Rings.
Date: Thurs, 4 Sept. 2025
Time: 18:00 CEST / 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT
Duration: 25 minutes.
Cytube stream link will be posted 30 minutes before.
Are you looking to share in an adventure? Then come join us on a there-and-back again journey into Tolkien adaptations, from the homely and comfortable, to the new and wonderful.
Tolkien Adaptations Week
1 - 7 September, 2025
❝ I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story – the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths [...] I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama. ❞
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
This week, let's celebrate those other minds and hands! Watch or listen to something new, talk about it with with other enthusiastic people on tumblr, and perhaps share (or create) art and gifsets along the way. You can stick to the path with the themes listed above, or wander off into the wood- it's an adventure, after all! But be sure to use the hashtag #TAW2025 when you post something, so that others can find it, too!
And where to begin? Try the Tolkien Adaptation Directory, or @emeraldskulblaka's Tolkien Stage Adaptations Masterpost!
Afraid to venture out alone? Click the button below to find a schedule of streams by other people in the fandom!
Happy travels, friends!
Schedule of streams
[This section will be updated regularly; if you would like to host a stream, please let me know, and I'll add it to the list!]
Mon: Music
@emeraldskulblaka: Lord of the Rings Musical (Original Cast Recording) 20:30 CEST / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT
Tues: Theatre
@emeraldskulblaka: Fellowship! (A Musical Parody) 20:00 CEST / 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT
Weds: Animation
@sewn-with-lilies-fair: Various Hobbit Films 18:00 CEST / 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT
Thurs: Indie Film
@sewn-with-lilies-fair Horn of Gondor 18:00 CEST / 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT
Come join me for a short adventure into animated retellings of The Hobbit!
I'll be streaming:
- The Hobbit (1966) - short film by Gene Deitch
- Treasures Under the Mountain (1991) - prologue to a Soviet Hobbit film that was never completed
- And some clips from the famous Rankin/Bass Hobbit (1977)
Date: Weds, 3 Sept. 2025
Time: 18:00 CEST / 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT
Duration: Not more than 30-40 minutes.*
Cytube stream link will be posted 30 minutes before.
*I couldn't find a way to stream my DVD of the Rankin/Bass Hobbit, much to my dismay and despair; if I find a way between now and the stream, I will stream the whole thing. [Advice would be welcome and appreciated!] 💙
