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Lyric Hammersmith
Venue Location and Information
About This Venue
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The Lyric opened on December 17, 1888 with a revival of Dorothy, a light opera. Initially the Lyric staged mainly light opera, with Marie Tempest as the most popular leading lady, although Eleanora Duse, the great Italian actress and rival to Sarah Bernhardt, made her London debut in Camille in 1893 and also appeared in Fedora and A Doll's House. Many revivals were staged from 1906 to 1910 while during the 1910's and 1920's the theatre was best known for musicals such as The Chocolate Soldier (1910) and Lilac Time (1922). Humorous and straight plays by contemporary playwrights began and continued throughout the war years. In more recent years, musicals such as Five Guys Named Moe which ran for nearly five years have been the mainstay of the Lyric.
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Past Productions
• Comedians Oct 7 - Nov 14, 2009
• Punk Rock Sep 3 - 26, 2009
• If That's All There Is May 12 - 16, 2009
• Wuthering Heights Apr 29 - May 23, 2009
• Interiors Apr 21 - May 9, 2009
• Hang On Apr 15 - 25, 2009
• The Overcoat Mar 20 - Apr 11, 2009
• Why I Don't Hate White People Jan 22 - Feb 14, 2009
• Cinderella Nov 28 - Dec 5, 2008
• Othello Nov 6 - 22, 2008
• 365 Sep 8 - 27, 2008
• The Birthday Party May 12 - 24, 2008
• Contains Violence Mar 27 - Apr 26, 2008
• Metamorphosis Mar 25 - Apr 5, 2008
• Beauty and the Beast Dec 7, 2007 - Jan 5, 2008
• Casanova Nov 8 - 24, 2007
• Rough Crossings Sep 25 - Oct 13, 2007
• Angels in America Jun 26 - Jul 22, 2007
• Elegy Jun 7 - 9, 2007
• Absolute Beginners Apr 26 - May 26, 2007
• Don't Look Now Mar 13 - 31, 2007
• Cymbeline Jan 17 - Feb 3, 2007
• pool (no water) Nov 1 - 18, 2006
• And The Rain Falls Down Oct 18 - 28, 2006
• Metamorphosis Oct 4 - 28, 2006
• The Wolves in the Walls Apr 12 - 29, 2006
• The Odyssey Feb 24 - Apr 1, 2006
• Nights at the Circus Jan 20 - Feb 18, 2006
• The Magic Carpet Dec 2, 2005 - Jan 14, 2006
• Bronte Nov 1 - 26, 2005
• The Kurdish Garden Oct 19 - 29, 2005
• Road to Nowhere Oct 19 - 29, 2005
• Julius Caesar Sep 2 - Oct 15, 2005
• Some Girls are Bigger Than Others Jun 30 - Jul 23, 2005
• Linda Thompson May 12 - 14, 2005
• Rhinoceros Mar 5 - 26, 2005
• Gone to Earth May 11 - Jun 5, 2004
• Shockheaded Peter Apr 8 - 24, 2004
• Oliver Twist Feb 20 - Mar 27, 2004
• Cinderella Nov 28, 2003 - Jan 10, 2004
• Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma Nov 4 - 22, 2003
• Pericles Sep 18 - Oct 18, 2003
• Kes Aug 22 - Sep 13, 2003
• The Hanging Man Jun 4 - 21, 2003
• After Mrs. Rochester Apr 22 - May 10, 2003
• Camille Mar 9 - Apr 12, 2003
• The Catch Feb 23 - Apr 26, 2003
• A Christmas Carol Nov 29, 2002 - Jan 11, 2003
• Peepshow Nov 6 - 23, 2002
• La Casa Azul Oct 11 - 26, 2002
• The Red Shoes Sep 18 - 28, 2002
• The Island of Slaves May 2 - Jun 8, 2002
• The Prince of Homborg Feb 22 - Mar 30, 2002
• Susheela Raman Feb 13, 2002
• Hegley in Hammersmith Jan 21 - 26, 2002
• All Wrapped Up Dec 12, 2001 - Jan 12, 2002
• Aladdin Nov 30, 2001 - Jan 12, 2002
• Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral Sep 19 - Nov 3, 2001
• Candy & Flops...International Bunnies of Intrigue Jul 7, 2001
• Chicken Licken and the Little Red Hen Jun 30, 2001
• Mother Goose Jun 23, 2001
• The Emperor's New Clothes Jun 16, 2001
• The Flying Chestycoffs Attempt Star Wars Jun 9, 2001
• Lazy Daisy Show Jun 2, 2001
• In the beginning...what if? May 26, 2001
• Strawberry the Clown Show May 19, 2001
• Walking the Tightrope May 12, 2001
• Tropical Tree May 10 - 26, 2001
• Gingerbread May 5, 2001
• Bewilderness May 2 - Jun 2, 2001
• Underworld Apr 23 - 28, 2001
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice Apr 21, 2001
• Notre Dame de Paris Apr 18 - May 5, 2001
• Sleep Tight Apr 10 - 14, 2001
• Sweetie Pie Apr 8, 2001
• Cindermouse Apr 7, 2001
• Dr. Palfi: The Fool School Mar 31, 2001
• Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco Mar 12 - Apr 7, 2001
• The Servant Mar 8 - Apr 21, 2001
• Papa Was a Bus Conductor Dec 21, 2000 - Jan 6, 2001
• Jack and the Beanstalk Dec 13, 2000 - Jan 6, 2001
• The Adventures of Pinocchio Dec 5, 2000 - Jan 13, 2001
• Frankie & Tommy Nov 20 - Dec 9, 2000
• River on Fire Nov 7 - 18, 2000
• The Nualas Nov 6 - 18, 2000
• Road to Heaven Nov 1 - 4, 2000
• The Boy Who Left Home Sep 21 - Oct 7, 2000
• The White Devil Sep 13 - Oct 28, 2000
• Blameless Aug 2 - 5, 2000
• Spot's Birthday Party Jul 26 - Aug 5, 2000
• 20/20 Jul 20 - 22, 2000
• Women on the Verger & Withering Looks Jun 26 - Jul 29, 2000
• Five Kinds of Silence Jun 2 - Jul 8, 2000
• The Dwarfs & The Local Stigmatic May 22 - Jun 17, 2000
• Everything Must Go May 11 - 27, 2000
• macbeth false memory Apr 26 - May 20, 2000
• The Threesome Mar 30 - May 6, 2000
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