Lyric Theatre listingsxa0April-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:xa030 April – 24 May; Tues-Satxa07.45pm, Sat & Sunxa02.30pm, Thursxa01pm
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Danske Bank Stage
Description: An adaptation of the celebrated novelxa0How Many Miles to Babylon?xa0by 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:xa0£10-£24.50
Contact:xa0www.lyrictheatre.co.ukxa0or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
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Title: Demented
Date/Time:xa07 – 24 May; Tues-Satxa08pm, Sat & Sunxa03pm
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Gary Mitchell’s hilarious play Demented opens on 7th May at the Lyric[/caption]Venue: Lyric Theatre, Naughton Studio
Description:xa0Dementedxa0is 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:xa0£11-£16
Contact:xa0www.lyrictheatre.co.ukxa0or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
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Title: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Date/Time: Frixa030 May 8pm
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Naughton Studio
Description:xa0Thou Shalt Not Killxa0is an installation of ‘living theatre’ performances exploring themes of conflict and trauma.xa0 Using the body as a site of performance, memory and emotion and centering on experiences of conflict in Northern Ireland. Contains strong language.
Cost:xa0FREE
Contact:xa0www.lyrictheatre.co.ukxa0or 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: Satxa031 May 8pm
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Naughton Studio
Description:xa0Uprisingxa0juxtaposes 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:xa0FREE
Contact:xa0www.lyrictheatre.co.ukxa0or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
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Title: Can’t Forget About Youxa0
Date/Time:xa012 Jun-5 July; Tues-Satxa07.45pm, Sat & Sunxa02.30pm
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:xa0£15 – £22.50
Contact:xa0www.lyrictheatre.co.ukxa0or Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081
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