As I waited for the show to begin, I focused on what I could remember from reading this all-time favourite classic and how it could be presented live on stage to a group of noisy and excited children. As the clock ticked, we waited for each of Sophie’s visitors to arrive. The audience at the Lyric Theatre eagerly waited for the eventual arrival of, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. All the children in the auditorium (and some parents too) jumped for joy when … [Read more...]
Lyric Theatre London Tickets
What's On
Book Tickets for 2:22 A Ghost Story
Booking Saturday 21 January 2023 - Sunday 23 April 2023
Book Tickets for Aspects of Love
Saturday 13 May 2023 - Saturday 11 November 2023
Book Tickets for Peter Pan Goes Wrong
Thursday 23 November 2023 – Sunday 14 January 2024
The Lyric Theatre
29 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 7ES
Venue and Travel Information
Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus
Tube Lines: Bakerloo, Piccadilly
Directions from the nearest tube: Take Shaftesbury Avenue along the side where the famous illuminated signs are. The Lyric will be on your left about 100 metres along.
Railway Station: Charing Cross
Bus Numbers: (Shaftesbury Avenue) 12, 14, 19, 38; (Regent Street) 6, 13, 15, 23, 88, 94, 139, 159, 453
Night Bus Numbers: (Shaftesbury Avenue) 14, N19, N38; (Regent Street) 6, 12, 23, 88, 94, 139, 159, 453, N3, N13, N15, N109, N18, N136
Car Park: Brewer Street
Within Congestion Zone: Yes
Venue Facilities: Air conditioned, Bar, Disabled toilets, Infrared hearing loop, Toilets and Wheelchair accessible
The Lyric is the oldest of the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue. In 1888 it opened with the comic opera Dorothy featuring Marie Tempest, the show had transferred from the Prince of Wales Theatre. In 1906 Lewis Waller appeared in a season of revivals and a romantic version of Robin Hood. During 1910 The Chocolate Soldier was the first of Bernard Shaw’s plays to set to music when Oscar Strauss composed songs for an adaptation of Arms and the Man. In 1929 Leslie Howard appeared in the popular Berkeley Square.
The foyer and bar areas were completely renovated in 1932-33 and the exterior was restored in 1994. The venue staged mostly light operettas when it first opened before subsequently staging light comedies and straight drama. In 1950 Andre Roussin’s The Little Hut had a run of 1261 performances with Robert Morley in the original cast. In 1955 Noel Coward’s South Sea Bubble played at the theatre starring Vivien Leigh. In 1972 Alan Ayckbourn’s How the Other Half Loves starring Alec Guinness ran for 869 performances. Other predominant productions include 1989 Rosemary Harris leading the cast of Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias, Kenneth Branagh in Look Back In Anger and Sheila Hancock in Andrew Davies’ Prin.
THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA Live on Stage!
The tea-guzzling Tiger pounces back into the West End in this truly magical Olivier Award nominated production of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, opening at the Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue on Wednesday 25th November 2015 and running throughout Christmas to Sunday 10th January 2016. Adapted and directed by David Wood OBE, Judith Kerr’s ferociously popular tale The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a grrreat musical play and if you’ve never had a Tiger arrive for tea before, then this … [Read more...]
New-look Thriller Live at the Lyric Theatre – Review
There is a part of me that wonders whether Thriller Live would still be going strong if Michael Jackson had lived on rather than passing away about seven months after the show’s opening night. The question is entirely academic and the answer almost obvious - it has enjoyed considerable box office success despite retaining what looks like a shoestring budget set, with shoestring budget projections and multimedia to match. Until now. There has been a definite step up from … [Read more...]
Thriller Live: in excess of $150million at the global box office
Long-running, record-breaking West End concert spectacular, Thriller Live, has now taken in excess of $150million at the global box office A 10-month UK & European tour opens in Blackpool this week with an updated version of the show - including new songs, videos, costumes and special fx A new West End booking period to September 2016 opens on Thursday as the new version premieres and extends Thriller Live’s record-breaking 7-year London run Thriller Live will overtake Evita to … [Read more...]
Thriller Live is 18th Longest Running West End Musical
Thriller Live has smashed another long-running West End record! Celebrations were led by Former 5 Star lead vocalist and Brit Award-winner Denise Pearson. Last night, Sunday 12th April, Thriller Live played its 2,619th performance at the Lyric Theatre and passed the original 1960 version of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! to become the 18th Longest Running West End Musical Of All Time. And the show has yet another long-running Wet End record in its sight later this year... On Sunday December 13th, … [Read more...]