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The Lyric Theatre , also known as the Lyric Hammersmith , is a nonprofit theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street , Hammersmith , London.[1]
Background [ edit ]
The Lyric Theatre was originally a music hall established in 1888 on Bradmore Grove, Hammersmith.[1] [2] Frank Matcham . The 1895 reopening, as The New Lyric Opera House, was accompanied by an opening address by the famous actress Lillie Langtry .[1]
In 1966 the theatre was due to be closed and demolished. However, a successful campaign to save it led to the auditorium being dismantled and reinstalled piece by piece within a modern shell on its current site on King Street a short distance from the former Bradmore Grove location. The relocated theatre opened in 1979.[3]
It has two main performance areas: the Main House , a 565-seat 19th-century auditorium maintaining the original design which hosts its main productions; and the 120-seat Studio , which houses smaller productions by up-and-coming companies. The Lyric also presents frequent Lyric Children and Lyric Music performances as well as Sunday Night Comedy .[1]
Its current artistic director is Rachel O'Riordan , and its executive director is Amy Belson.[4]
The Lyric has recently gone through a major redevelopment project, with new facilities for young people and the local community completed in 2015, designed by Rick Mather Architects[5] [6]
In 2011, the Lyric won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for Sean Holmes ' production of Sarah Kane 's Blasted [7]
In September 2018, it was announced that Sean Holmes would be succeeded as artistic director in February 2019 by Rachel O'Riordan .[8]
Five strands [ edit ]
The Lyric's programme is divided into five strands:
Main House
Studio
Music & Comedy
Lyric Children
Lyric Young Company[1]
Production history [ edit ]
(Source: the Lyric official website[9]
A Doll's House 2019
Noises Off 2019
Ghost Stories 2019
City of Glass , 2017
The Seagull , 2017
Herons , by Simon Stephens , 2016
Cinderella , 2015
Tipping The Velvet , 2015
Bugsy Malone , 2015
Secret Theatre , 2015
Secret Theatre , 2014
Secret Theatre , 2013
Steptoe and Son produced by Kneehigh Theatre , 2013
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka , adapted by Gísli Örn Garðarsson and David Farr , 2013
Alice by Heart by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik , 2012
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs , adapted by Pins and Needles Productions, 2012
Cinderella by Joel Horwood and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm , 2012
Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill , 2012
Morning by Simon Stephens , 2012
Three Kingdoms by Simon Stephens , 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare , 2012
Lovesong by Abi Morgan , 2012
Aladdin by Joel Horwood , Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Steve Marmion , 2011
Saved by Edward Bond , 2011
The Wild Bride created by Kneehigh Theatre , 2011
Mogadishu
Roald Dahl 's Twisted Tales
Dick Whittington and his Cat Joel Horwood , Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Steve Marmion , 2010
Blasted by Sarah Kane , 2010
The Big Fella
Punk Rock by Simon Stephens , 2010
Lifegame
Tightrope
A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky
Spymonkey's Moby Dick (20 April – 1 May 2010)
Ghost Stories
Three Sisters
Jack and the Beanstalk (21 November 2009 – 9 January 2010
Comedians (7 October – 14 November 2009)
Punk Rock 2009
Spyski The Importance of Being Ernest
Christmas For the Under 7s (29 November 2007 – 5 January 2008)
Beauty and the Beast
Casanova
Water
Rough Crossings
The Bacchae
Accidental Heroes
Angels in America : Part 2
Angels in America : Part 1
Elegy
Absolute Beginners
St George and the Dragon
Don't Look Now
Ramayana
Cymbeline
Watership Down
pool
Metamorphosis
Aurélia's Oratorio
The Wolves in the Walls
The Odyssey
Nights at the Circus Christmas
The Magic Carpet
Brontë
Road to Nowhere
Julius Caesar
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Asterisk
Stars Are Out Tonight
Hymns
Aurelia's Oratorio
Rhinoceros
A Raisin in the Sun
Strictly Dandia Christmas
The Firework-Maker's Daughter
The Bacchae
Don Juan
A Passage to India National Youth Theatre Guest Season/The Master and Margarita
Aladdin by Sandy Wilson , 1979
Artistic directors of the Lyric Hammersmith [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ The Era classified ads 13 July 1895 online. Retrieved 27 February 2017
^ John Earl, "Presidential Address: The Crest of a Wave" , Frank Matcham Society Magazine
^ a b c "About the Lyric: Our Team" , Lyric official website. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Capital Development" , Lyric official website. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
^ Surveyors, Royal Institution of Chartered. "RICS Awards, London" . rics.org. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016 .
^ "Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre - Olivier Awards" . Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011 .
^ "Rachel O'Riordan will take over from Sean Holmes at Lyric Hammersmith" . standard.co.uk . 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018 .
^ "Lyric website" , Lyric official website. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
^ Taylor, Paul (26 January 2002). "Neil Bartlett – The Independent" . London. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010.
^ Christiansen, Rupert (13 November 2002). "Innovator ready for a fight" . The Daily Telegraph . London. Retrieved 28 January 2011 .
External links [ edit ]
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