"Collins' novel (over 100 million copies sold) was adapted into a hugely successful series of films for Lionsgate starring Jennifer Lawrence (more $3.4 billion at the box office) as well as two prequels, the second of which releases next year. The Hunger Games, as in their novels, are now clearly big business and after Netflix's Stranger Things: The First Shadow made its debut on stage in London, it looks like we are set for a new slew of high-budget co-productions with Hollywood."
"Arriving on the DLR does not quite live up to the superspeed trains of Panem, Hunger Games' future North American state. Still, it gave us a sweeping introduction to Canary Wharf, Europe's very own erstwhile financial Capital. As in the story, we are surrounded by gleaming and glittering skyscrapers, and the newly redeveloped Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre floats confidently alongside them."
The stage adaptation brings Suzanne Collins' bestselling dystopian saga to Canary Wharf, centering on Katniss Everdeen volunteering to take her sister's place in a televised, lethal competition for the elite's entertainment. The original novels sold over 100 million copies and spawned films starring Jennifer Lawrence that grossed more than $3.4 billion, plus two prequels. The production borrows graphic, musical and dramatic elements from the movies, with Lionsgate's experiences division involved. The staging introduces the newly redeveloped Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre amid gleaming skyscrapers and signals a trend toward high-budget, Hollywood-linked West End co-productions.
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