Lyric Hammersmith Announces 2009 Season

The season will include the world premiere of Simon Stephens’ Punk Rock (September 3-26), which draws on Stephens’ own experience as a teacher to paint a portrait of seven young people with their sense of dislocation and simmering violence; Holmes’ production of Trevor Griffiths’ award-winning 1975 play Comedians (October 7-November 14), starring Matthew Kelly, David Dawson, and Mark Benton; Jack and Beanstalk (November 21-January 3), directed by Steve Marmion and co-authored by Richard Bean, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Joel Horwood, and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; the Filter Theatre Company’s production of Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters (January 15-February 20); and Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s Ghost Stories (February 24-March 27), in which three men gather to share their chilling tales.

In addition, as part of an initial 18-month experiment, the Lyric’s 112-seat studio will cease to be a receiving house for visiting companies and will instead become a home for teenagers to develop, present and showcase new work under the direction of the Lyric Artistic Associates.

For more information, visit www.whatsonstage.com.