Past shows

Fatherland

Frantic Assembly return to the Lyric stage with this vital and necessary show about what we were, who we are and what we’d like to become.

Matthew Arnold Amateur Dramatics (MAAD) presents The Changing Room

A lyrical piece about existing on the cusp of growing up.

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. 

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.

Joe Stilgoe and his Mighty Big Band

Jack & the Beanstalk

This year's panto looks set to be the biggest ever.

The Seagull

Unrequited love. Creative jealousy. Guns. Vodka and Art.

Fantastic Mr Fox

Back by popular demand! This brand new musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox is family fun at its finest.

Terror

Guilty. Not Guilty. You Decide. Enter the courtroom. Hear the evidence. Make your judgement.

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.

Seventeen

A cast of veteran actors play a group of seventeen year olds in this unique production. Funny, wise and a little bit sad.

Fantastic Mr Fox

This brand new musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox is family fun at its finest.

Aladdin

Lyric's annual panto filled with live music, lots of laughs and a magical Genie

Shopping & F***ing

A prophetic vision of our twenty-first century world

Bugsy Malone

The Lyric's critically acclaimed, Bugsey Malone returns to the Lyric for a 12 week run.

4:48 Psychosis

The last work of the radical British playwright Sarah Kane, first performed posthumously in 2000 after her suicide in 1999.

Pleasure

Rising star composer Mark Simpson makes his operatic debut with this thriller, set in a gay club.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays returns to the Lyric, after its critically acclaimed 2012 run.

Herons

Simon Stephens’ unflinching and disturbing portrait of adolescent violence