Lyric Theatre listings April-May 2014
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The novel How Many Miles To Babylon adapted to stage is showing in the Lyric from 30th April.[/caption]
Title: How Many Miles To Babylon?
Date/Time: 30 April – 24 May; Tues-Sat 7.45pm, Sat & Sun 2.30pm, Thurs 1pm
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Danske Bank Stage
Description: An adaptation of the celebrated novel How Many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston. It tells the moving story of two young men, Alec and Jerry who come from very different backgrounds but find themselves on the fields of Flanders – one an officer, the other an enlisted soldier.
Cost: £10-£24.50
Contact: www.lyrictheatre.co.uk or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
Title: Demented
Date/Time: 7 – 24 May; Tues-Sat 8pm, Sat & Sun 3pm
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Gary Mitchell’s hilarious play Demented opens on 7th May at the Lyric[/caption]
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Naughton Studio
Description: Demented is a hilarious new play by Belfast playwright Gary Mitchell. It tells the story of a doomed bank heist involving a divorced man going through the man-opause, his dementia-suffering father, his vengeful wheelchair-bound neighbour and an avaricious young woman. Contains strong language.
Cost: £11-£16
Contact: www.lyrictheatre.co.uk or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
Title: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Date/Time: Fri 30 May 8pm
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Naughton Studio
Description: Thou Shalt Not Kill is an installation of ‘living theatre’ performances exploring themes of conflict and trauma. Using the body as a site of performance, memory and emotion and centering on experiences of conflict in Northern Ireland. Contains strong language.
Cost: FREE
Contact: www.lyrictheatre.co.uk or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
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Can’t Forget About You, a love drama with a twist, showing at the Lyric[/caption]
Title: Uprising
Date/Time: Sat 31 May 8pm
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Naughton Studio
Description: Uprising juxtaposes stories from the Troubles with contemporary music and rap in an epic, multi-disciplinary production fusing text, movement, compelling pop-music, modern dance and the rapping of ancestral voices. Contains strong language.
Cost: FREE
Contact: www.lyrictheatre.co.uk or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
Title: Can’t Forget About You
Date/Time: 12 Jun-5 July; Tues-Sat 7.45pm, Sat & Sun 2.30pm
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Danske Bank Stage
Description: Belfast man, Stevie meets and falls in love with a woman twice his age. Their relationship is challenged by the expectations of Stevie’s conservative mother and his ultra-unionist sister who work hard to break the pair up. Contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.
Cost: £15 – £22.50
Contact: www.lyrictheatre.co.uk or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
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