Shakespeare’s Globe has announced a year-long cycle of history plays next year alongside casting for its winter season and the appointment of Sean Holmes, outgoing artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith.
The Lyric Hammersmith has announced that award-winning director Rachel O’Riordan will take over as its new artistic director and joint chief executive.
The Lyric Hammersmith is to premiere a new play with songs by the lead singer of Bloc Party, starring Tyrone Huntley, and bring back its break-out hit Ghost Stories as part of its season for spring 2019. The Lyric Hammersmith is to premiere a new play with songs by the lead singer of Bloc Party, starring Tyrone Huntley, and bring back its break-out hit Ghost Stories as part of its season for spring 2019. Artistic director Sean Holmes today announced the programming from January 2019 which is his last season as artistic director of the west London theatre after nearly 10 years in the role. From 18 January to 16 February, the theatre will stage the world premiere of Leave to Remain, written by TV scriptwriter Matt Jones with music by Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke. Directed by Robby Graham and designed by Rebecca Brower, it will star Olivier Award-nominated Tyrone … Read more
Paul T Davies reviews Sean O’Casey’s classic play The Plough And The Stars which is now playing at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith.
Sean O’Casey’s play The Plough and the Stars comes to the Lyric Hammersmith from 15 March to 7 April 2018 following a sell-out season at the Abbey Theatre and a successful Irish and US Tour
The Lyric Hammersmith has announced casting for Simon Stephen’s new version of Anton Chekhov’s highly renowned play The Seagull which will be directed by Artistic Director Sean Holmes. The cast of The Seagull will include Adelayo Adedayo (Cuttin’ It, Dead Wait) plays Nina, Michele Austin (Medea, The Chain Play) plays Pauline, Paul Higgins (Luise Miller, Hope) plays Hugo Dorn, Cherrelle Skeete (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Three Days In The Country) plays Marcia, Nicolas Tennant (Three Kingdoms, Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time) plays Peter Sorin and Brian Vernel (Barbarians, Future Conditional) plays Konstantin, join the previously announced Lesley Sharp (Mother Courage and her Children, Uncle Vanya) who plays Irina Arkadina. Unrequited love. Creative jealousy. Guns. Vodka. And Art. Chekhov’s celebrated masterpiece is given vibrant new life in this dynamic new version by Olivier- award winning playwright Simon Stephens directed by Sean Holmes. Switching effortlessly between … Read more
Emma Fielding and Forbes Masson are to lead the cast of courtroom drama Terror at the Lyric Hammersmith where the audience decides on the verdict.
The real spark behind this production is Drew McOnie’s blistering choreography. Even though the cast is probably the youngest around, this is the best devised and performed choreography I have seen all year (the only other contender, In the Heights, is another McOnie production).
