{"id":17410,"date":"2019-06-04T12:21:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T11:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17410"},"modified":"2019-06-04T12:21:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T11:21:44","slug":"take-a-journey-of-voyage-and-discovery-with-the-lyric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/06\/take-a-journey-of-voyage-and-discovery-with-the-lyric\/","title":{"rendered":"TAKE A JOURNEY OF VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY WITH THE LYRIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lyric Theatre, Belfast has announced their Autumn\/Winter 2019 season programme. Themed <\/strong>Voyage and Discovery <\/strong><\/em>the programmefeatures the best of world-class theatre and new writings which explores the idea of place and a sense of discovery \u2013 whether it be within your \u2018self\u2019 or discovery of the world at large. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The season opens with Willy Russell\u2019s heart-warming comedy Shirley Valentine <\/em>(31 Aug -5 Oct) directed\nby Patrick J O\u2019Reilly and starring Tara Lynne O\u2019Neill fresh from her appearance\nin the award winning Derry Girls. \nDescribed as “the funniest and most heart-warming play,\u201d follow Shirley\nas she takes a voyage of self- discovery to Greece.  October welcomes The Playboy of the Western World \n <\/em>(8 Oct-2 Nov) a co-production\nwith Dublin Theatre Festival directed by Oonagh Murphy, about life on the\nmargins and the lengths we go to, to create a reality more exciting than the\nplace we find ourselves.  Both\nproductions will also tourto venues\nacross Ireland, including the Millennium Forum; The Market Place Theatre,\nArmagh; The Gaiety, Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In association with Edinburgh\u2019s Traverse, the Lyric presents\nMeghan Tyler\u2019s extraordinary play, Crocodile Fever <\/em>(03-08 Sep), a darkly comic and surreal\ntale of sisters taking on the dark forces around their farm to the soundtrack\nof 80s pop. Crocodile Fever<\/em> was developed as part of the Lyric\u2019s highly\nsuccessful New Playwright’s Programme. <\/em> The programme is now in its third year with a\nvibrant new team of young writers. Be the first to see their writing in\nprogress with the New Playwrights\nShowcase <\/em>(31 Oct-02 Nov).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lyric is also delighted that their new writing entry\ninto A Play for Ireland, an initiative of Dublin\u2019s Fishamble Theatre Company,\nhas been chosen to be produced. The Alternative<\/em>,\nby Michael Patrick and Ois\u00edn Kearney, is a rich black comedy that imagines an\nalternative history of Ireland. It will tour around five theatres throughout\nIreland before coming back home to the Lyric in the Autumn (08-13 Oct). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Christmas you can enjoy the spirit of adventure and\ndiscover two wonderful new productions.  Peter\nPan<\/em> (29 Nov-04 Jan) which follows the young Darling family help free\nNeverland in Paul Boyd\u2019s new family musical. \nMeanwhile adult audiences will enjoy Grimes and McKee\u2019s Driving Home\nfor Christmas <\/em>(19 Nov -04 Jan).\n A hilarious brand-new comedy about been\nstranded far from home during the festive season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lyric\u2019s voyage with Blackout\n<\/em>continues into its 5th<\/sup> year.<\/em>  Through the Lyric\u2019s Creative Learning\ndepartment, this initiative educates young people about the consequences of\ncrimes and realities of prison life whilst also employing emerging actors and\nartists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its continued aim to support local artists and\ncompanies the Lyric is thrilled to welcome a host of wonderful productions\nthroughout the season.  Conor Grimes and\nKevin McAleer join forces as two vaudeville players travelling across the Great\nWestern Way as famine stalks the land in SPUD!<\/em> (31 Aug -14 Sep). The\nbrilliant Nuala McKeever returns with a new one-woman play How to be a Tube!<\/em> \n(18 -22 Sep).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a jam-packed programme of visiting shows this\nsummer.  Highlights include the return of the smash hit of last summer,\nthe musical version of Tony Macaulay\u2019s Paperboy <\/em>(01-04 Aug)by the British Youth Music Theatre. Marie\nJones\u2019 exceptional A Night in November<\/em> (12-21 Jun) by Sodabread production\nand John B Keane\u2019s tender and robust comedy of love The Matchmaker <\/em>(04-06 Jul).  Conor Mitchell\u2019s\nBelfast Ensemble continue their exciting experimental adventures in hi-fi\nstaging during their summer BASH!<\/em>\n(28-30 Jun) and later in the year with Abomination<\/em> (07-10 Nov) as part\nof the Outburst Festival.  Geraldine Hughes returns with the Brassneck\nproduction of Belfast Blues<\/em> (06-11 Aug) and to top it all off Sir Ian\nMcKellen will take to the Lyric stage as part of his sold out 80th<\/sup>\nbirthday tour, generously donating the proceeds to fundamental work of the Lyric\u2019s\nCreative Learning department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive Producer at\nLyric, Jimmy Fay<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\n\u201cOur new season programme themed Voyage\nand Discovery invites audiences to join us on a journey to explore new works,\nsee familiar faces or join us on our tour across Ireland. The programme has so\nmuch to discover and we hope audiences are as inspired by it as we are. The\nLyric is a shared civic space for artists and audiences alike<\/em>; a creative\nhub for theatre-making, nurturing talent and promoting the critical role of the\narts in society. Our mission is to\ncreate, entertain and inspire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rois\u00edn McDonough,<\/strong> Chief Executive at the Arts Council of Northern\nIreland which is the Lyric\u2019s Principal Funder, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is so much to enjoy in this season\u2019s programme,\nwith perennial favourites such as Shirley Valentine and Playboy of the Western\nWorld, all the way through to contemporary and challenging works like\nAbomination: An Opera. There\u2019s also a real treat for anyone with a love of\nreading when the theatre plays host to JLF Belfast, an international literature\nfestival which is reputed to be \u2018the greatest literary show on earth\u2019. On top\nof all of this, we have opportunities to appreciate some of the most exciting\nyoung writing talent that is currently emerging from Northern Ireland, through\nthe Lyric Theatre\u2019s pioneering New Playwrights Programme. The Arts Council is\nproud to be principal funder of this remarkable, innovative theatre.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets\nfor all performances start from \u00a312. Early booking is recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further information and bookings for the Autumn\/Winter\nseason visit www.lyrictheatre.co.uk<\/a>\n Tel: 028 9038 1081 or follow Lyric\nTheatre on Facebook and Twitter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lyric Theatre, Belfast has announced their Autumn\/Winter 2019 season programme. Themed Voyage and Discovery the programmefeatures the best of world-class theatre and new writings which explores the idea of place and a sense of discovery \u2013 whether it be within your \u2018self\u2019 or discovery of the world at large. The season opens with Willy Russell\u2019s … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17413,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17410\/revisions\/17413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}