A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF BEN HUR in Aramaic and Latin - and including the chariot race - is coming to the O2 Arena (in the former Millennium Dome in London):

Ben Hur premiere will thrill O2 audiences
By Simon Hayes on March 19, 2009 1:00 PM | (Warf.co.uk)

Michael Jackson might be stealing all the headlines at The O2 this summer but there's another show heading to the venue that promises to be equally spectacular.

Ben Hur, the story of a Hebrew prince who falls from grace and ends up a slave, will have its world premiere at the arena on September 15.

The story, which features live animals and a cast of hundreds, has been transformed into a two-hour theatrical show by producer Franz Abraham.

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