Artistic Director Sean Holmes Announces First Season At The Lyric

Sean Holmes' first season marks a new era for the Lyric Hammersmith.

Building on past and recent achievements such as the West End transfer of Spring Awakening, a new eco-roof garden and the launch of a multi-million capital development Holmes said: "I've always loved the Lyric and I love it even more since becoming Artistic Director. The commitment of the staff, the groundbreaking work with young people, the scruffy beauty of the auditorium, the
blossoming of our new garden all provoke real excitement in me on our collective journey over the next few years. The journey for audiences begins with this new season of plays which embrace and celebrate our proscenium. There's work to provoke, to chill, to surprise and to amuse. New writing, classics with a twist, ghost stories and the rebirth of Panto at the Lyric."

In a bold move, Holmes is furthering the Lyric's commitment to its groundbreaking work with young people. The next generation of theatre makers will now have a new home in the Lyric's fully equipped 112­-seat Studio Theatre. Feeding into artistic programming, they will work under the direction of the Lyric Artistic Associates. The studio will be London's only dedicated theatre space programmed and run by teenagers and emerging artists.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

Olivier Award-­winning playwright, and Lyric Artistic Associate, Simon Stephens, kicks off the season with an explosive world premiere of Punk Rock directed by Royal Exchange Theatre,
Manchester co-Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom.

Artistic Director Sean Holmes revives Trevor Griffith's modern classic Comedians, featuring Matthew Kelly as Eddie Waters, David Dawson as Gethin Price and Mark Benton as GEd Murray.

Jack and the Beanstalk will bring traditional high-quality pantomime back to Hammersmith. Directed
by Steve Marmion and written by Richard Bean, Jocelyn Jee Essien, Joel Horwood & Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. Expect songs, laughter and a Panto Dame.

Following their critically acclaimed collaboration on Twelfth Night Artistic Director Sean Holmes teams up with Filter to present Chekhov's Three Sisters in a bare staged stripped back style.

League of Gentlemen writer Jeremy Dyson, and Andy Nyman co-creator of Derren Brown's stage and television shows, sprinkle a little magic onto three weird and wonderful ghost stories - tense,
terrifying and theatrical.

 

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