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FANGIRLS
Get ready for an unmissable show that pulses with the soaring adrenaline of a first crush and feels like the best pop concert you’ve never been to…
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Rubbish Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Enemies. Balconies. Kissing... sausage rolls!!??
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The Little Prince
'Has a sheep on a star eaten a rose?' If that sounds silly then you might be like the King and the Business-Man on their lonely asteroids, forgetting that the most important things can only be understood with the heart.
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Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White
Set in the deep south of the USA in 1918 when interracial marriage was illegal, Julia, a black seamstress, and Herman, a white baker, are defying all odds with their secret love.
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Princess Smartypants
A subversive, fun-filled adventure for children and their families
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The Not So Big Bad Wolf
"Welcome back Listeners - Little Red Riding Hood here! Stay tuned as I go undercover to reveal the truth behind fairytales' most infamous villain - The Big Bad Wolf"
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Where the Lost Socks Go
Where do our missing socks go? Do they end up down the plug hole or do they go sunbathing in the Caribbean?
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Cardboard Carnival
Trunk, Tail, Ears or Wings? Carnival creates itself from all sorts of things!
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The Promise
This striking world première from the nationally acclaimed British theatre company Deafinitely Theatre is inspired by the extraordinary experiences of deaf people living with dementia.
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Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Bring along your favourite bear and join us on a fun, exciting adventure to get to the picnic on time!
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Goldilocks
Join Goldilocks as she befriends a family of bears and teaches everyone the value of sharing. The Let’s All Dance Ballet Company brings this classic children’s story to life for a special treat.
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Minority Report
In 2050, neuroscientist Dame Julia Anderton is about to launch the next phase of her pioneering Pre-Crime programme, detaining people for crimes before they are committed.
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Evolution Labs 2024: Mine Eyes Have Seen & Candida
See a double-bill of reimagined plays including Mine Eyes Have Seen & Candida.
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Evolution Labs 2024: The Government Inspector & The Birds
See a double-bill of reimagined plays including The Government Inspector & The Birds.
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Evolution Festival 2024: Scratches
A showcase of brand new 10-minute scratch performances, created by trainees from the Lyric’s flagship training programme, SPRINGBOARD.
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Haemosporidian [He·mo·spo·rid·ian]
Headlining the 2024 Evolution Festival is Haemosporidian [He·mo·spo·rid·ian], the Bill Cashmore Award-winning play written by Sam Purkis and co-created by Ryan Stevens and Wilf Walsworth.
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Faith Healer
Brian Friel’s play Faith Healer has spellbinding allure, and powerful stage mystery; it has thrilled audiences across the world since it first opened on Broadway in 1979.
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Claytime
The award-winning Indefinite Articles present their work for the very young: Claytime, a play with clay, where the audience are invited to participate.
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Drawing on the wealth of peculiar episodes from both Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Box Tale Soup invite you down the rabbit hole into a timeless world of wondrous fantasy.
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Sancho & Me – For one night only
Charles Ignatius Sancho was born on a slave ship on the Atlantic Ocean in 1729, yet he became a writer, composer, shopkeeper and respected ‘man of letters’ in 18th century London becoming the first man of African Heritage to vote in Britain.
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Can Bears Ski?
Little Bear can’t hear Dad Bear calling, but feels the floor vibrate with heavy footsteps...
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Luna Loves Library Day The Musical
Join Luna and her Dad for an adventure among the library shelves in this exciting new musical for families.
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For the Conversation
Join award-winning poet, author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay OBE in a special pre-show Q&A with the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre’s Associate Director, Nicholai La Barrie.
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In the Dead of the Night
"It's a cold rainy night and a storm is outside, Rain beats on the window by Lily's bedside. She's scared of the dark so she shuts her eyes tight, She hates nothing more than the dead of the night. Tap tap tap Comes the noise from the hallway..."
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Metamorphosis
Frantic Assembly and Lemn Sissay OBE collaborate on this thrilling new adaptation of Franz Kafka’s shocking tale of cruelty and kindness.
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The Witch and the Egg
Witch does what witches do best… live in a nest, fly around scaring people and eating biscuits.
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Florence Nightingale and the Light of Life
Join Florence Nightingale and her little owl Athena on this wonderful adventure that changed the world.
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Groove into the Woods
Family favourite Groove Baby arrives with an exciting, jazz and funk fuelled show especially for 3 - 7s and their grown-ups!
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Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas
Join Santa as he awakes from a dream of sun, sea and sand only to find it is the busiest day of the year: Christmas Eve.
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Cinderella
The Queen of Panto herself, award-winning writer and composer Vikki Stone brings her outrageous adaptation of Cinderella, full to the brim with sass and magic, rip-roaring comedy, live music and chart-topping hits.
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Glow
We scuttle into the Underglade on the evening of the annual Bug Fest, where beetles, grasshoppers, and Lil’ Bugs alike gather with ant-incipation to celebrate and delight in the story of Gwen, the Glow Worm who lost her Glow.
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The Empress
This autumn the Royal Shakespeare Company brings the acclaimed play The Empress by Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Artistic Associate Tanika Gupta to The Lyric for four weeks only from 4 October.
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God of Carnage
God of Carnage is the unmissable darkly funny roller-coaster you won’t want to end.
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Tales from Acorn Wood
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s beloved Tales from Acorn Wood stories are brought to life on stage for the first time in an enchanting lift-the-flap experience.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Four timeless stories brought to life in one delightful show.
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
EXTENDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND - MUST END 22 JULY
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The Good Person of Szechwan
In its 80th anniversary, Brecht’s play is brought up to date in a new version by Nina Segal, directed by Anthony Lau.
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Wasted
Best mates Amber and Bella find themselves at the centre of a missing person’s case after their flat mate Jacob doesn’t come home after a night out. What ensues is a pulsating crime drama that lifts the lid on a justice system falling short to protect young women.
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Othello
Frantic Assembly presents its award-winning and electrifying take on Shakespeare’s tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder.
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Join us this festive season for the gigantic return of Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas
Join Santa as he awakes from a dream of sun, sea and sand only to find it is the busiest day of the year: Christmas Eve.
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Iphigenia in Splott
★★★★★ "Everyone should see this shattering modern classic. No one will remain unmoved." - The Guardian
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Closer
In the chaos of London; four strangers meet, fall in love and fall apart.
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Amici’s One World: Wealth of the Common People
Amici Dance Theatre Company celebrate 40 years with their biggest production to date featuring over 80 disabled and non-disabled performers.
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Britannicus
A timely political thriller set in modern day Rome.
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Love, Love, Love
Rachel O’Riordan directs a major revival of this award-winning play that feels more relevant than ever.
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Cinderella 2019
Polish your glass slippers, dust off your carriage and join us as the clock strikes midnight for the Fairy Godmother of pantomimes, Cinderella.
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Solaris
David Greig adapts Stanisław Lem’s cult science fiction novel for the stage.
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Noises Off at the Garrick Theatre
Michael Frayn’s iconic backstage comedy Noises Off transfers to the West End, following a triumphant sell-out run here at the Lyric.
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A Doll’s House
Tanika Gupta reimagines Ibsen’s classic play of gender politics through the lens of British colonialism.
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Noises Off
Michael Frayn’s iconic comedy Noises Off returns to the Lyric
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Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs)
Pioneering theatre company Kneehigh return to the Lyric with a twisted morality tale for our times.
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The Animals and Children Took to the Streets
Like a graphic novel burst into life, 1927 invites you on a theatrical journey of startling originality.
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othellomacbeth
An audacious condensed staging of two of Shakespeare’s most brutal and poetic plays.
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The Plough and the Stars
Set amid the tumult of the Easter Rising, The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by the idealism of the time.
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Jubilee
A stage adaptation of Derek Jarman’s iconic film. Starring Toyah Willcox.
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Things I Know to be True
Following a hugely successful 2016 Australian and UK tour, the critically acclaimed Things I Know To Be True returns to delight audiences in early 2018.
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City of Glass
Tony Award-winning 59 Productions and Olivier Award-nominated playwright Duncan Macmillan bring this seminal American novel to life in a dazzlingly original stage adaptation.
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Shopping & F***ing
A prophetic vision of our twenty-first century world
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Bugsy Malone
The Lyric's critically acclaimed, Bugsey Malone returns to the Lyric for a 12 week run.
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Herons
Simon Stephens’ unflinching and disturbing portrait of adolescent violence
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Evolution Festival 2023: Audio
A showcase of brand new 10-minute scratch performances, created by trainees from the Lyric’s flagship industry-leading SPRINGBOARD programme.
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Out West
The world premiere of three new short plays written by three of the UK’s leading playwrights.
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Sometimes I dream… of anything! Of anything. Other than this.
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Running With Lions
A family drama of love, loss and hope.
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Following a critically acclaimed and sell-out run, Accidental Death of an Anarchist transfers to the West End
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