Lyric Hammersmith announces new season for 2025 including Sing Street, Ghosts, Marriage Material & Dracula The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in London has announced its new season for 2025, as the West London theatre celebrates its 130th anniversary. Highlights of the new season include the UK premiere of hit Off-Broadway musical Sing Street. Based on John Carney's much-loved movie, Sing Street reunites John Carney and writer Enda Walsh following their award-winning musical Once. Sing Street has music and lyrics by Gary Clark and John Carney, and will be directed by Rebecca Taichman (Indecent). Taichman directed a successful 2022 production of Sing Street at The Huntington in Boston, US, and her creative team on that production, including choreographer Sonya Tayeh, and designer Bob Crowley, will join her for the Lyric run. This heartfelt, joyous coming-of-age story is set in 1980s Dublin, about a group of kids setting up a rock band, and is produced by the Lyric Hammersmith and James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). Read more about Sing Street news here. Sing Street will play at the Lyric Hammersmith from 8 July to 23 August 2025. Also in the 2025 season is a new production of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts that reunites Lyric Hammersmith Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan with writer Gary Owen (Romeo & Julie), following their award-winning production Iphigenia in Splott. This reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama re-situates the play to the modern day. Ghosts is playing at the Lyric Hammersmith from 10 April to 10 May 2025. Also new at the Lyric will be a stage adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera's acclaimed novel Marriage Material, adapted by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti (A Kind of People), and directed by Iqbal Khan (East is East). This multi-generational drama follows one Sikh family and their corner shop in Wolverhampton from the 1960s to the present day, uncovering themes of inequality, duty and ambition. Marriage Material is running from 22 May to 21 June 2025. Finally, a new adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic horror novel Dracula is coming to the Lyric Hammersmith, in a production adapted by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Emilia), and directed by Emma Baggott (A Taste of Honey). This new take on Dracula, which runs from 11 September to 11 October 2025, promises to centre on the female voices at the heart of the story. Currently playing at the Lyric Hammersmith is A Raisin in the Sun until 2 November 2024; followed by the Lyric's annual pantomime - this year Aladdin - from 16 November 2024 to 16 January 2025. Musical Play On! is running at the Lyric next year, from 28 January to 22 February 2024; followed by Macbeth directed by Richard Twyman from 28 February to 29 March 2025. Tickets now on sale More about tickets to Sing Street at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre London More about tickets to Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre London More about tickets to Marriage Material at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre London More about tickets to Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre London What They Said Rachel O’Riordan, Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, said in a statement: "In 2025, our stunning Frank Matcham auditorium celebrates its 130th birthday. Originally designed as a music hall, it is in the DNA of the Lyric to present work in that same spirit: bold, eclectic, entertaining. Stories that take on the most important, current subjects and bring a broad audience together under one roof to enjoy them. So I’m delighted to be announcing a new season of four shows which absolutely exemplify that spirit for today in this special anniversary year for the Lyric. This season truly has something for everyone – an Ibsen classic radically reimagined, a family saga set against the changing face of Britain, a heart-warming musical based on a beloved coming-of-age film, and a major new adaptation of a horror classic. The four extraordinary playwrights who make up this season of work – Gary Owen, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, Enda Walsh and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – are as dynamic and varied as our audience, and represent some of the most exciting voices in contemporary theatre. I cannot wait for audiences to see their work on our beautiful stage and can think of no better way for the Lyric to celebrate this milestone birthday." Marriage Material writer Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti said: "I’m thrilled at the prospect of bringing Sathnam Sanghera’s wonderful book to life. It’s been a privilege to take on this powerful and authentic story of a Punjabi family, exploring what people gain and lose as they make new lives in the UK. With vivid characters who face unspeakable pressures, yet remain full of ambition, Marriage Material is an emotional, rich, joyful piece and so relevant for today – a perfect play for the Lyric’s beautiful stage. I hope that audiences will laugh and cry, be moved and surprised. Most importantly, I want them to have an entertaining and memorable night at the theatre." Sing Street writer Enda Walsh said: "I’m absolutely thrilled that we’re premiering this production in the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre next summer. I loved the movie of Sing Street having lived through the early 1980’s in Dublin and having a similar obsession with electronic music as the teenage protagonists in this story. The Catholic Church still held a lot of influence in society - and the Ireland of that period felt depressed and futureless - a place to emigrate from. It felt like you were living in a sepia drenched atmosphere. Music was a refuge and then an expression for those who could play and a way to articulate frustrations and loves and dreams. Sing Street has all of that." Sing Street composer and lyricist Gary Clark said: "As my first musical collaboration with film-maker John Carney, and with a story that very much echoes the forming of my own rough and unready school band in the early nineteen-eighties, Sing Street holds a very special place in my heart. We had so much fun creating the original songs for the movie and rekindled that spirit for the additions that we’ve written especially for this production, and I am absolutely thrilled to see Sing Street the musical hit the stage of The Lyric Hammersmith and to be working with such a brilliant and talented team." Dracula writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm said: "I am so excited to be returning to the Lyric Hammersmith with Dracula. The last time I did a show here it was a pantomime and this will be a very different vibe! It's been a joy digging into this classic which still has so much relevance and poignancy today; but mostly I am so looking forward to trying our best to scare the pants off everyone."
Sing Street musical set for 2025 London run Hit musical Sing Street from the creators of award-winning show Once, is coming to London in 2025. Based on John Carney’s acclaimed movie Sing Street, the show is a coming-of-age musical about a group of kids in 1980s Dublin who form a rock band. Sing Street will play the Lyric Hammersmith in London from 8 July to 23 August 2025, as part of their 2025 season. John Carney also wrote Once, the Oscar-winning movie and award-winning stage show, which scored eight wins at the Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and enjoyed a successful run in the West End including winning an Olivier Award. His collaborator on Once, Enda Walsh, also joined him as writer on Sing Street. The show's score boasts new wave sounds of the 80s, and has music and lyrics by John Carney and Gary Clark. James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) is producing the show with the Lyric Hammersmith. Sing Street premiered Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2019, but its Broadway plans were postponed due to Covid. A successful production at Boston's The Huntington theatre in 2022 was directed by Rebecca Taichman, with choreography by Sonya Tayeh, set designs by Bob Crowley, and video designs by Luke Hall, and this same creative team will reunite in London for the UK premiere of the show. Sing Street is set in Dublin in1982, and sixteen year old Conor can’t catch a break. His parents are fighting, his brother won’t leave the house and he’s not fitting in at his new Catholic school. Enter Raphina, a mysterious girl who’s too cool for school and on the lookout for a modelling job. In an effort to impress, Conor hires her to star in a music video for his band. Only problem is he doesn’t have a band. Yet. Sing Street composer and lyricist Gary Clark said: "We had so much fun creating the original songs for the movie and rekindled that spirit for the additions that we’ve written especially for this production, and I am absolutely thrilled to see Sing Street the musical hit the stage of The Lyric Hammersmith and to be working with such a brilliant and talented team." Sing Street is playing the Lyric Hammersmith from 8 July to 23 August 2025. Also in the Lyric's 2025 season is a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts by Gary Owen, directed by Rachel O’Riordan; a stage adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera's novel Marriage Material, adapted by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, and directed by Iqbal Khan; and a new adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, directed by Emma Baggott. Read more about the new Lyric Hammersmith season. Currently playing at the Lyric Hammersmith is A Raisin in the Sun until 2 November 2024; followed by Aladdin from 16 November 2024 to 16 January 2025; musical Play On! from 28 January to 22 February 2024; and Macbeth from 28 February to 29 March 2025. More about tickets to Sing Street at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre London
