Creating world class theatre from the heart of Hammersmith.
Now Playing: A Raisin in the Sun
Coming Soon: For The Culture: Celebrations of Blackness Festival
🚨NEW SEASON ANNOUNCED🚨
Four new shows for 2025: the 130th birthday for our stunning Frank Matcham auditorium.
⏰Set your alarms, public booking opens Friday 11 October at 10am.
SOUND ON🎧
@ellahunt
&
@arunghosh
perform the ultimate sneak peek from Clare Lizzimore's radical new production
#Closer
by Patrick Marber making our 90s music dreams come true 😍
Special thanks to Head of Sound Lorna Munden & Sound Deputy Daniel Ronayne
🎥
@BlackApronEnt
NEWS! Rachel O’Riordan is announced as our new Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive. We can’t wait for Rachel to join us next February, read all about our news here:
JUST IN 📢Here’s your first look at some of the cast in
@jjbioh
's smash-hit comedy School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play premiering in the UK this June.
We have some difficult news to share.
We are greatly saddened to announce that the Lyric has entered a period of consultation with staff, placing 22% of our current workforce at risk of redundancy.
To read our full statement:
The original terrifying hit is back! Following worldwide success and the smash hit movie, Ghost Stories by
@andynyman
and
@dysonjeremy
is back at the Lyric.
#Lyric2019
Meet Alice. A girl from the town. A striptease performer.
~
Don't miss Patrick Marber's iconic
#LyricCloser
, playing in our Main House this summer for four weeks only.
~
14 Jul - 13 Aug
Tickets from £10
📸
@jrcmccord
BIG NEWS🔈Gary Owen's critically acclaimed smash-hit monodrama IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT returns to London for its biggest season yet.
Artistic Director
@_RachelORiordan
directs
@SophieMelville
whose sensational performance as 'Effie' stunned critics around the country.
CALLING ALL WRITERS! We are thrilled to announce our brand new open call for SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS is now open. This is an opportunity for us to connect with writers & find exciting ideas that could benefit from paid development & support.
The critically acclaimed Iphigenia in Splott written by Gary Owen, directed by Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan + starring Sophie Melville opens the Main House in January 2021:
#BackOnStage
We're delighted to announce that Nicholai La Barrie is our new Associate Director.
Nicholai has previously worked with us as an Associate Artist, Director of Young People & is the writer & creator of Heart of Hammersmith.
He is currently resident director on
@TinaTheMusical
.
We're delighted to announce that this Summer we reopen with
#OutWest
– the world premiere of three new short plays written by three of the UK’s leading playwrights, Tanika Gupta, Simon Stephens and Roy Williams.
18 June - 24 July
Book Now:
Ahead of their press night later this week, hear from the cast of Wedding Band about their rehearsal process, and why we should all be more familiar with Alice Childress' work.
This trailblazing drama plays until 29 Jun - book now:
📹:
@DMLKvideo
📢 CALLOUT 📢 We are looking for ten emerging writers to take part in a free playwriting programme in response to our next Main House production
#IphigeniaInSplott
by Gary Owen, directed by Rachel O'Riordan.
📅 APPLY BY MON 29 AUG, 10am
👉 Find out more:
"Unbelievable. For me, THAT'S what theatre is all about."
@MrDDyer
and our other press night guests share their reactions to
@GhostStoriesUK
. Get your tickets now from just £15:
#GhostStories
Say hello to Dan, Alice, Larry and Anna; four strangers who fall in love and fall apart.
Clare Lizzimore directs Patrick Marber’s cult-classic about longing, lust, sex, and desire.
🎟️
📸Jennifer McCord
Graphic Design
@GregBunbury
NEW IMAGE AND CASTING ALERT 🚨 Sophocles'
#Antigone
: The Burial at Thebes, translated by Seamus Heaney and directed by
@RAWeiseArtist
will star
@YusraWarsama
in the role of Antigone. From 18 April.
FIRST LOOK 👀 at
#Closer
in rehearsals - Part One.
‘What do you want?’
‘To be loved.’
‘That simple?’
‘It’s a big want.’
Check out the first instalment of photos from the rehearsal room via our Facebook.
📸
@brennerphotos
Wishing the
#LyricCloser
company all the love for tonight's Free First Night!
If you live or work in Hammersmith & Fulham be sure to register for Free First Night to go into the draw to claim free tix for the first night of our main house shows.
📸
@marcbrenner
Congratulations to
@BolaAkejuu
, who has been nominated for Best Supporting Female Actor in a Play in the Black British Theatre Awards for her performance as Mercy in School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play 🎉
It's our birthday! Today we are 125 years old. 🎈
We may not be able to celebrate as we would have liked due to our closure, but this week we will be sharing stories of the shows + people who have made us who we are.
Please join us and share your Lyric Memory using
#Lyric125
OPEN AUDITIONS 📢 We're searching for talented performers for the UK Premiere of
#FangirlsUK
We are looking for performers without professional representation who are highly skilled in singing, dancing & acting with a playing age of 14-16 but who are 18+
Tickets are selling fast - don't miss our "searingly good revival" (⭐⭐⭐⭐ Evening Standard) of Patrick Marber's
#LyricCloser
from Olivier Award-winning director Clare Lizzimore.
📆 Playing until 13 Aug
🎫 Tickets from £15
BOOK NOW:
🎥
@BlackApronEnt
It is with great sadness that the Lyric Hammersmith announces the death of the theatre’s Head of Costume Katie Salmon on Tuesday 26 February 2019. Her incredible talent, spirit and commitment to the Lyric Hammersmith will never be forgotten:
Due to incredible demand, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play will extend until 22 July ☀️
Whether it's your first, second, or third time, don't miss your chance to see this trail-blazing comedy by
@Jjbioh
directed by
@mons_about
👉
We’re so excited to announce that we are reopening for two stunning new shows for socially distanced audiences from January 2021, on sale now and are launching projects in our community starting new month.
Read all our news here:
#BackOnStage
"Nan says we used to live. You could live here and live well. Now they’re stacking us up, and we’re supposed to just exist."
We've dropped the trailer for Gary Owen's acclaimed drama Iphigenia in Splott starring Sophie Melville & Directed by Rachel O'Riordan.
📽️
@BlackApronEnt
Today we announce Rachel O’Riordan’s inaugural season as Artistic Director at the Lyric.
Our
#LyricNewSeason
includes: A Doll’s House, Solaris, Cinderella, Love Love Love, Sophocles’ Antigone: The Burial at Thebes, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Priority booking is now open.
‘The magic of theatre is that the hard work is hidden; but it takes a village to make a show. And an audience to make it matter.’
@_RachelORiordan
We want to highlight some of the talented individuals who made
#ADollsHouse
' ->
#freelancersmaketheatrework
We have some exclusive prizes up for grabs including a special Harry Potter Book Set signed by the legendary
@stephenfry
whose inimitable tones animated JK Rowling’s magical creation in a collection of audio books.
#LightUpTheLyric
#HarryPotter
#StephenFry
FIRST LOOK! We love these brand new production pics for Director Clare Lizzimore's radical new take on Patrick Marber's iconic play,
#Closer
.
Now playing until 13 August 👉
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We're already fangirling over this cast and soon you will be too 💖
Initial casting is announced today for the musical of the summer
#FANGIRLSUK
The smash-hit Australian musical by
@yveblake
, directed by Paige Rattray will have its UK premiere here at the Lyric from 13 July.
🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 After a sell-out run we couldn't be more excited to announce that Accidental Death of An Anarchist will transfer to the West End at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 12 June.
🧵 THREAD (1/4)
Spring Awakening was over 10 years ago!?! We'll never forget the amazing company + incredible audiences.
'It was a joy from beginning to end + I will never forget the theatre + people I was lucky enough to work with'
@aneurinBarnard
Read more:
#Lyric125
Today marks Day 1 of rehearsals for Patrick Marber’s award-winning play
#Closer
directed by Clare Lizzimore.
A big welcome to our brilliant company ❤️
#LyricCloser
We are looking for short pieces created by female artists to be part of an evening of scratch performances at this year's Evolution Festival - if you have a new idea you'd like to try out click here to find out more:
Just announced: THE BILL CASHMORE AWARD
A new playwriting award for young writers, the prize offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays to be professionally produced at the Lyric. Applications are now open and close Monday 23 December at 12pm.
👏👏👏 Huge congratulations to the entire cast and creative team behind
#AccidentalDeathOfAnAnarchist
who perform their final SOLD OUT show this evening. A big thank you to the many thousands of audiences who came and saw this unforgettable show ❤️
CARNAGE IS COMING 🌪️ Here's your first 👀at the cast who'll be bringing Yasmina Reza's Olivier & Tony winning comedy to life. Starring Freema Agyeman, Ariyon Bakare, Dinita Gohil & Martin Hutson
01 - 30 Sep 👉
Image: Sebastian Nevols
Design:
@GregBunbury
We're delighted to announce a major revival of The
#BeautyQueen
of Leenane, the Tony Award-winning play by Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), directed by
@_RachelORiordan
in a new co-production w/
@ChichesterFT
.
On sale now:
Wishing the
#SchoolGirlsLyric
team all our love for their final two shows today. If you were one of the many many thousands who came & saw this unforgettable story on our stage, thank you.
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is by
@Jjbioh
& directed by
@mons_about
🩷
In collaboration with
@HeadlongTheatre
, today we’ve announced a long-term aspiration to commission and produce work of scale by women playwrights for the Lyric Main House and UK touring, with the first production in January 2020.
#LyricNewSeason
Our theatre is 125 years old and after all that time it needed a little TLC. So in 2018 we refurbished the Matcham design to restore it to its original glory.
#Matcham100
We’re excited to announce new leadership team appointments. Amy Belson as Executive Director, Tanika Gupta as Artistic Associate + we have 4 new trustees joining us: Rondette Amoy Smith, Lameya Chaudhury, Professor Farah Karim-Cooper + Derek Richards.
We are so excited to welcome
@idriselba
to the School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play family! Idris has joined this acclaimed production as Associate Producer. Read what Idris and playwright
@Jjbioh
said in an exclusive with
@Variety
Tomorrow is your last chance to catch Princess Smartypants in our Studio! 👑
Full of songs and madcap comedy, Princess Smartypants is a treat for all the family.
Performances at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, suitable for ages 4+, tickets:
FOR THE ACTORS is our monologue showcase followed by a panel discussion & Q&A chaired by film producer
@MathieuAjan
with actors Alfred Enoch, Lydia West, Susan Wokoma & Ronke Adékoluẹjo. This is an opportunity for emerging/aspiring actors to gain insight from leading actors.
We cannot put into words the great loss the Lyric feels.
Imogen Kinchin was our Senior Producer from 2008–2017, she was responsible for many incredible shows at the Lyric; from the UK premiere of Spring Awakening to the Olivier Award-winning Blasted...
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Happy first day of school to the cast and creative team of
#SchoolGirlsLyric
Meet the full cast 👇
🌸 Alison A Addo
🌸 Heather Agyepong
🌸 Bola Akeju
🌸 Deborah Alli
🌸 Francesca Amewudah-Rivers
🌸 Jadesola Odunjo
🌸 Anna Shaffer
🌸 Tara Tijani
Today we announced who the four actors are who'll be taking on the roles of Mr & Mrs Vallon, and Mr & Mrs Reille in Yasmina Reza's multi-award winning comedy,
#GodOfCarnage
directed by
@nicolabarrie
🌷
@FreemaOfficial
🌷Ariyon Bakare
🌷Dinita Gohil
🌷Martin Hutson
Today is the day -
@Tanika_Gupta
’s "fierce postcolonial take on [
#ADollsHouse
]" ★★★★ (
@TimeOutTheatre
) will be available from 2.30pm - midnight. Tune in over on our YouTube Channel:
Today we are announcing that, after nearly ten years as Artistic Director of the Lyric, Sean Holmes will step down in October 2018 and resume his freelance directing career.
Click here to read more:
Make a note in your diaries, folks, you can watch
#ADollsHouse
over on our YouTube channel from 2.30pm this Wed. Here are some of our wonderful audience reactions from last year to demonstrate why you definitely won't want to miss it:
CALLING ALL PERFORMERS AGED 18-25🔊 We're looking for people to form the chorus in our upcoming show Antigone: The Burial at Thebes directed by
@RAWeiseArtist
. No professional experience required but you must have a strong passion for theatre.
Apply here:
#Closer
in rehearsal - Part II
Director Clare Lizzimore’s new take on Patrick Marber’s classic previews next week! Check out the Chorus in a music rehearsal with Composer, Arranger & Musical Director
@arunghosh
, musician Radhika Aggarwal &
@EllaHunt
📸Keerthana Dinesh Kunnath
We’re delighted to welcome Liz Daramola as our new Literary Associate Trainee thanks to the support of
@MGCfutures
. We're so honoured to be supporting such a bright & promising talent in the next step of her career. 💕
#MGCfuturesBursary
We’re proud to announce our 2020 summer show
#SammyMusical
based on the vibrant life and career of the legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
In assoc. with
@AnthologyTheatr
&
@AriaEnts
.
On sale now. Opens 28 Jul. Tickets from £10:
Inspired by the cuisine of the South Carolina Lowcountry where Wedding Band is set,
@OutsiderTart
@ the Lyric has created a limited edition tasting menu that you won't want to miss out on 🌽
Make a reservation today:
📷: Oh Gravy! Media - Burak Can Aksit
Today we're taking it back to our 2009 production of Spring Awakening!
You can read some memories of the show from our fantastic cast here:
📸
@HelenMaybanks
💫 Panto is back - oh yes it is! 💫
We're delighted to announce the full cast/ creative team of this year's panto Aladdin & release the first images of Qasim Mahmood in the title role.
Don't miss out on this magical adventure, tickets are selling fast >
A two-show day we’ll never forget.
Yesterday we welcomed the REAL girls of Aburi Girls School, with over 100 alumni joining the cast on stage 💛
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The Lyric stands in solidarity with everyone fighting against racism and injustice across the world. We want our theatre to represent and include everyone who makes up our beautiful diverse city of London and our home in Hammersmith.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatterUK
From 6 Sep we have
#ADollsHouse
: a new version of Ibsen’s play by Tanika Gupta, set in Calcutta, directed by Rachel O’Riordan. We’re excited to announce that Niru (Nora in the original) will be played by Anjana Vasan (Summer and Smoke).
#LyricNewSeason
The curtain may be down for now but we’ll be back 💪🖤. For info on how you can support the Lyric to continue making world class theatre in the heart of Hammersmith visit:
We are now looking for a Literary Associate Trainee for June – Dec 2021. Someone with experience who is looking for the next step, or to develop their skills around new writing – would suit an emerging dramaturg, writer or director. More info:
We joined .
@toyahofficial
to unveil a very special plaque in honour of Islington resident Derek Jarman. A poignant moment as Toyah and the company rehearse the stage adaptation of Jarman’s iconic film
#jubilee
opening at the Lyric this month
#LGBTHistoryMonth
We're looking to appoint a freelance Assistant Director for our production of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh & directed by Monique Touko.
To learn more & apply visit:
Applications close 24 April
🚨CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Meet the cast of our new show
#LeavetoRemain
set to arrive on our stage in January 2019. Find out more about them on our website:
The original terrifying live production by
@andynyman
&
@dysonjeremy
is back. Check out our new trailer for
#GhostStories
here. Are you brave enough to book? Tickets from £10:
Ahead of tonight's long awaited
#PressNight
, here's your FIRST LOOK at School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play making waves on our stage right now.
Tonight we raise a glass to the incredible team who've brought
@Jjbioh
's ground-breaking comedy to life.
📸Manuel Harlan
👇
PSA🗣️ Auditions are now open for performers aged 18-25 who are keen to train on the job as part of the Lyric Ensemble for our upcoming show Sophocles’ Antigone: The Burial at Thebes directed by
@RAWeiseArtist
. Deadline closes Wed 22 Jan.
Find out more: