"Our age, you have to show no fear to Death, it’s like bulls, you can’t run away or they’ll charge"
Hazel and Robin have survived a catastrophe. Living on the edge of a radiation exclusion zone, Hazel still practices her yoga and Robin’s brewing parsnip wine. They are trying to keep going, clinging onto normality.
That is until their old friend Rose knocks on the door. With her she brings old memories, buried secrets – and a proposition. One which tests their loyalty and forces them to confront their debt to the next generation.
Lucy Kirkwood’s gripping, darkly funny drama is directed by Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan in this 10th anniversary production, starring the Olivier Award-nominated Meera Syal (A Tupperware of Ashes; Noises Off) as Hazel.
With enormous thanks to Mark & Sarah Crosbie for their generous support of this production.
Date
02 Sep - 03 Oct 2026
Tickets
From £10 - £55
Age guidance
14+
Audio Described
Sep 24, 2026 at 7.30pm
BSL Performance
Sep 22, 2026 at 7.30pm
Open Captioned Performance
Sep 30, 2026 at 7.30pm
Chilled Performance
Sep 23, 2026 at 2.30pm
For all our productions, we offer one complimentary carer/companion seat for every full price access ticket booked.
You can book by calling our box office on 020 8741 6850, via email access@lyric.co.uk or you can pop into the theatre in person.
School Performances
£15 per student + 1 free teacher ticket for every 10 students (subject to availability). Mon – Wed evening performances only. To book email schools@lyric.co.uk
Under 16s
£30 for Price Band B and £20 for Price Band C for main run performances only. £10 tickets are available during preview performances.
Young Lyric tickets
All Young Lyric Members can access 2 x £5 tickets, subject to availability
Cast
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Meera Syal
Hazel
Creatives
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Lucy Kirkwood
Writer
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Artistic Director
Rachel O’Riordan
Artistic Director
Rachel O’Riordan is Artistic Director and joint CEO of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre where she launched her critically acclaimed debut season in Autumn 2019 with a triumphant adaptation of A Doll’s House by Tanika Gupta. She most recently directed End, by David Eldridge at the National Theatre, starring Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen, and Romeo & Julie, by Gary Owen, at the National Theatre and Sherman, which received five star reviews and is currently in development for a film adaptation. She also directed the sold-out remount of Iphigenia in Splott at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in Autumn 2022, which was featured as one of The Guardian’s 50 best theatre shows of the 21st century and was Number 1 in The Guardian’s Top 10 Theatre Productions of 2022.
At the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, she co-directed the Lyric’s 2020 summer reopening production Out West. Other Lyric shows include Love, Love, Love by Mike Bartlett, in the 10 year anniversary revival; Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane with Chichester Festival Theatre; and critically-acclaimed revivals of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer and Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good.
Previously, she was Artistic Director and CEO of Sherman Theatre, Wales from 2014 and transformed the venue which won The Stage’s prestigious Regional Theatre of the Year Award in 2018. Directing credits include the Olivier Award-winning Killology, Bird and Iphigenia in Splott. She was Artistic Director of Perth Theatre, Scotland between 2011 and 2014 and won The Critics’ Award for Theatre in Scotland for Best Director and Best Ensemble for The Seafarer by Conor McPherson. From 2002 to 2011, she co-founded and ran Ransom Productions in Northern Ireland. She has been named as one of the most influential people in UK Theatre in The Stage 100. Published work includes Women in Irish Theatre.
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Gary McCann
Set and Costume Designer
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Anna Watson
Lighting Designer
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Holly Khan
Sound Designer
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