Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
| Lyric Hammersmith | |
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 Lyric Hammersmith in 2009 |
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| Address | King Street |
| City | London |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°29′35″N 0°13′35″W / 51.49306°N 0.22639°WCoordinates: 51°29′35″N 0°13′35″W / 51.49306°N 0.22639°W |
| Architect | Frank Matcham |
| Capacity | 550 (Main House) 110 (Studio) |
| Opened | 1895 |
| Rebuilt | 1979 |
| www.lyric.co.uk | |
The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions.[1]
The Lyric Theatre was built in 1895 by the English theatrical architect Frank Matcham. In 1966 the theatre was closed, to be dismounted and re-built piece by piece on its current site nearby the original location. The new theatre reopened in 1979.[2]
It has two main performance areas: the Main House, a 550-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 Sean Holmes, and its executive director is Jessica Hepburn.[3]
The Lyric is about to go through a major re-development project, with new facilities for young people and the local community.[4]
In 2011, the Lyric won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for Sean Holmes' production of Sarah Kane's Blasted.[5]
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[edit] Five strands
The Lyric’s programme is divided into five strands:
- Main House
- Studio
- Music & Comedy
- Lyric Children
- Lyric Young Company[1]
[edit] Production history
(Source: "Production Archive" on the Lyric official website[6])
- 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 by Vivienne Franzmann, 2011
- Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales, 2011
- Dick Whittington and his Cat, by Joel Horwood, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Steve Marmion, 2010
- Blasted by Sarah Kane, 2010
- The Big Fella (21 September – 16 October 2010)
- Punk Rock by Simon Stephens, 2010
- Lifegame (7 – 17 July 2010)
- Tightrope (17 – 19 June 2010)
- A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (7 May – 5 June 2010)
- Spymonkey's Moby Dick (20 April – 1 May 2010)
- Ghost Stories (24 February – 3 April 2010)
- Three Sisters (6 January – 20 February 2010)
- Jack and the Beanstalk (21 November 2009 – 9 January 2010
- Comedians (7 October – 14 November 2009)
- Punk Rock 2009 (3 September – 26 September 2009)
- Spyski/The Importance of Being Ernest (3 October – 1 November 2008)
- Christmas For the Under 7s (29 November 2007 – 5 January 2008)
- Beauty and the Beast (6 – 24 November 2007)
- Casanova (16 October – 3 November 2007)
- Water (25 September – 13 October 2007)
- Rough Crossings (5 – 22 September 2007)
- The Bacchae (2 – 4 August 2007)
- Accidental Heroes (21 June – 22 July 2007)
- Angels in America: Part 2 (20 June – 22 July 2007)
- Angels in America: Part 1 (7 – 9 June 2007)
- Elegy (26 April – 26 May 2007)
- Absolute Beginners (3 – 14 April 2007)
- St George and the Dragon (13 – 31 March 2007)
- Don't Look Now (9 February – 10 March 2007)
- Ramayana (17 January – 3 February 2007)
- Cymbeline (23 November 2006 – 13 January 2007)
- Watership Down (31 October – 18 November 2006)
- pool (no water) (29 September – 28 October 2006)
- Metamorphosis (16 May – 17 June 2006)
- Aurélia's Oratorio (12 – 29 April 2006)
- The Wolves in the Walls (24 February – 1 April 2006)
- The Odyssey (20 January – 18 February 2006)
- Nights at the Circus Christmas (2 December 2005 – 14 January 2006)
- The Magic Carpet (1 – 26 November 2005)
- Brontë (19 – 29 October 2005)
- Road to Nowhere (2 September – 15 October 2005)
- Julius Caesar (30 June – 23 July 2005)
- Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (17 June 2005)
- Asterisk (10 – 13 June 2005)
- Stars Are Out Tonight (19 April – 7 May 2005)
- Hymns (30 March – 16 April 2005)
- Aurelia's Oratorio (5 – 26 March 2005)
- Rhinoceros ( 18 February – 26 March 2005)
- A Raisin in the Sun (27 January – 12 February 2005)
- Strictly Dandia Christmas for 7+s (26 November 2004 – 22 January 2005)
- The Firework-Maker's Daughter (2 – 20 November 2004)
- The Bacchae (30 September – 30 October 2004)
- Don Juan (14 – 25 September 2004)
- A Passage to India/National Youth Theatre Guest Season/The Master and Margarita (20 August – 11 September 2004)
- Aladdin by Sandy Wilson, 1979
[edit] Artistic directors of the Lyric Hammersmith
| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| ... | ... |
| Neil Bartlett | 1994–2004[7] |
| David Farr | 2005–2008[8] |
| Sean Holmes | 2009–present[3] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "About the Lyric", Lyric official website, accessed 9 May 2008.
- ^ John Earl, "Presidential Address: The Crest of a Wave", Frank Matcham Society Magazine, n.d., accessed 19 January 2011.
- ^ a b "About the Lyric: Our Staff", Lyric official website, accessed 19 January 2011.
- ^ "Capital Development", Lyric official website, accessed 19 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.olivierawards.com/nominations/view/item114061/Outstanding-Achievement-in-an-Affiliate-Theatre/
- ^ "Production Archive", Lyric official website, accessed 19 January 2011.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (26 January 2002). "Neil Bartlett - The Independent". London. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/neil-bartlett-im-much-crosser-and-harder-on-myself-669600.html.
- ^ Christiansen, Rupert (13 November 2002). "Innovator ready for a fight - Telegraph". London: telegraph.co.uk. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3585736/Innovator-ready-for-a-fight.html. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
[edit] External links
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