Lyric Hammersmith
Official website: https://lyric.co.uk/
Originally opened in 1895, designed by Frank Matcham.
Although the theatre was demolished in 1969, the auditorium was removed beforehand and was reinstalled into a new building on a nearby site. T
his new venue was reopened by HM The Queen in October 1979
Redeveloped again and reopened in April 2015 (see video below)
Past Productions
- Bugsy Malone (2015)
- Mirandolina (3 November 1994 - ?) by Carlo Goldini
- The Woman in Black (January 1989)
- Noises Off (23rd February 1982) transferred to Savoy Theatre on 31st March 1982
- Country Life (6 February - 8 March 1980) by Carlo Goldini
- Tuppence Coloured (1947)
- The Time Of Your Life (1946)
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From Theatre World, March 1944
The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, originally opened in 1890, to which fashionable London flocked twenty years ago, the scene of Sir Nigel Playfair's sucessful fourteen years of management and the triumphant revival of The Beggar's Opera, which played there for 1463 performances, is is to be reopened early in April, after having been closed for four years due to blast.
Theatrical managers J.Baxter Sommerville and Peter Hoar (now a pilot officer in the RAF) who have four provincial theatres and six touring companies on the road, have taken over this theatre and hope to revive its great reputation of twenty years ago. It will not be used as a repertory theatre or for visiting touring productions. Plays will be put on there for a 'run', the same as a theatre in the heart of the West End.
