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Welcome to the Lyric, and to our sensational festive programme for 2018.
In the year that the Lyric celebrates its 50th anniversary on Ridgeway Street, it is fitting that we are producing Alice: the Musical by Paul Boyd - a show that was commissioned by the Lyric Theatre and first performed back in 1998. This unique magical musical version of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale has since been performed all around the world, and I am thrilled that it is back home this Christmas to delight and entertain families all across Northern Ireland once again.
We are also delighted to have Grimes and McKee back on the Main Stage with the hilarious Bah, Humbug!, a modern day Belfast take on the classic Dickens tale A Christmas Carol. Whichever show you are here to see, it’s a pleasure to have you at the Lyric this Christmas and I hope you have a thoroughly good time.
This has been an extraordinary year, as we celebrated 50 years of making theatre on Ridgeway Street. We continue to be driven by the vision of Mary O’Malley, and inspired by the Secular Prayers given to us by Brian Friel at the opening of the new building in 2011 to ensure the Lyric is always “a warm house, a welcoming house… a house of play, and that laughter and merrymaking and wit and comedy and raucous fun and ordinary giddiness and silly giggling may be accommodated here and indeed encouraged.”
Our Lyric 50 programme included The Colleen Bawn a co-production with Bruiser; a new production of Brian Friel’s Lovers: Winners and Losers, for which Emma Jordan was nominated as Best Director at the UK Theatre Awards; a sell-out success of Terri Hooley’s story Good Vibrations by Glenn Patterson and Colin Carberry which was
We continue to believe that at the core of our creative success is our unwavering commitment to the development of local talent across the entire spectrum of theatre – actors, directors, writers, designers and technical staff. In October theatre professionals from our present and past contributed their incredible talents to a very special Lyric 50 celebration which tapped into the rich legacy of the Lyric Theatre. It was a privilege for me to share the stage with over 50 actors, singers, directors and playwrights who made the event possible, and gave us an opportunity to raise vital funds to support and develop artists and practitioners across all areas of the Lyric theatre, both on and off stage.
I would like to end with a heartfelt thank you for your continuing support of the Lyric. Your patronage over the last 50 years is what will ensure that the Lyric Theatre remains a cornerstone of the creative industries for many years to come.
Wishing you and your families a very happy Christmas, and I look forward to seeing you again in the new year.
Jimmy Fay Executive ProducerSCROOGE MICHAEL CONDRON
ALICE / APRIL / URCHIN ROISIN GALLAGHER
BUILDER / CRATCHIT / McFEZZIWIG / BULLY 1 / TOPPER CONOR GRIMES
ASHLEY /
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST /
PETULA CRATCHIT SOPHIE HARKNESS
BLACK SANTA / MARLEY /
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT / BULLY 2 / AUCTIONEER ALAN McKEE
MUSICIAN ROD McVEY
WRITTEN BY GRIMES & McKEE
DIRECTOR FRANKIE McCAFFERTY
CHOREOGRAPHER DEBORAH MAGUIRE
MUSICAL DIRECTOR ROD McVEY
SET DESIGNER STUART MARSHALL
COSTUME DESIGNER CHRIS HUNTER
LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL KEOGAN
SOUND DESIGNER CHRIS WARNER
AUDIO VISUAL MATT CREGAN
ALICE: THE MUSICAL
CAST
ALICE RUBY CAMPBELL
THE WHITE RABBIT CHRISTINA NELSON
THE CHESHIRE CAT CHARLOTTE McCURRY
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS ALLISON HARDING
THE CATERPILLAR /
THE MAD HATTER MARK DUGDALE
THE WHITE KNIGHT, TWEEDLEDEE /
THE MARCH HARE ADAM DOUGAL
THE KING OF HEARTS, TWEEDLEDUM /
THE DORMOUSE REA CAMPBELL-HILL
CREATIVES
FROM THE BOOKS BY LEWIS CARROLL DIRECTOR PAUL BOYD
ORCHESTRATOR AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR PAUL BOYD
CHOREOGRAPHER DEBORAH MAGUIRE
SET DESIGNER STUART MARSHALL
COSTUME DESIGNERS GILLIAN LENNOX ERIN CHARTERIS
LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL KEOGAN
SOUND DESIGNER PAUL BOYD
AUDIO VISUAL MATT CREGAN
PRODUCTION TEAM
CASTING DIRECTOR CLARE GAULT
PROJECT PRODUCTION MANAGERS PÁDRAIG Ó’DUINNÍN
JOHN GALLAGHER
ACTING TECHNICAL MANAGER IAN VENNARD
ACTING COMPANY STAGE MANAGER AIMEE YATES
COSTUME SUPERVISOR GILLIAN LENNOX
DEPUTY STAGE MANAGERS TRACEY LINDSAY
LOUISE BRYANS
SCENIC ARTIST ANNA DONOVAN
COSTUME MAKERS UNA HICKEY
LISA DUNNE
MARIAN HEGARTY DRESSERS ROISIN OWENS
LISA DUNNE
MEL LYLE
SARAH CAREY
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
STEPHEN DIX
KERRI McGIMPSEY
COSTUME ASSISTANT ERIN CHARTERIS
TECHNICIANS STEPHEN CASSIDY
CONAL CLAPPER
JONATHAN DALEY
HAIR
MAKE-UP
KELLY ASHBY
CAROLINE REYNOLDS
SET BUILDERS
JIM CARSON
DAVID CARSON
THE LYRIC THEATRE WOULD LIKE TO THANK… HOLLIE MORRISON, NIAMH MOCKFORD, McCUSKER PRO AUDIO, PRODUCTION SERVICES IRELAND, ACK PRODUCTIONS
Marie Jones’ Dear Arabella directed by Lindsay Posner opening the Belfast International Arts Festival and a co-production with the Abbey Theatre of Thomas Kilroy’s Double CrossSTAGE MAIN
HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ENTIRE LYRIC TEAM!
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SIR BRUCE ROBINSON (CHAIRMAN)
STEPHEN DOUDS (VICE CHAIRMAN)
PHIL CHEEVERS
OLWEN DAWE
NUALA DONNELLY
PATRICIA McBRIDE
MIKE MULLAN
DR MARK PHELAN
CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BOX OFFICE STAFF
LUCY ARMSTRONG
PAMELA ARMSTRONG
ABBY ATKINSON
LAURIE BAILEY
LUKE BANNON
MICHAEL BINGHAM
EMMA BRENNAN
CARLA BRYSON
HANNAH CONLON
ELLISON CRAIG
PATRON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
PRODUCER
CASTING DIRECTOR
LITERARY MANAGER
HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT
AND MARKETING
MARKETING OFFICER
MARKETING ASSISTANT
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
ACTING COMPANY
STAGE MANAGER
DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
ACTING TECHNICAL MANAGER
TECHNICIANS
COSTUME SUPERVISOR
COSTUME ASSISTANT
HEAD OF FINANCE
FINANCE OFFICER
FINANCE ASSISTANTS
HEAD OF CREATIVE LEARNING
CREATIVE LEARNING MANAGER
CREATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS
CO-ORDINATOR
HEAD OF CUSTOMER SERVICE
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGERS
LIAM NEESON OBE
JIMMY FAY
BRONAGH McFEELY
CLARE GAULT
REBECCA MAIRS
CLAIRE MURRAY
AIVEEN KELLY
KATIE ARMSTRONG
KERRY FITZSIMMONS
AIMEE YATES
TRACEY LINDSAY
LOUISE BRYANS
STEPHEN DIX
IAN VENNARD
STEPHEN CASSIDY
GILLIAN LENNOX
ERIN CHARTERIS
MICHEÁL MEEGAN
TONI HARRIS PATTON
SINEAD GLYMOND
RACHAEL TRAINOR
PHILIP CRAWFORD
PAULINE McKAY
ERIN HOEY
JULIE McKEGNEY
MARINA HAMPTON
ASHLENE McGURK
DUTY SUPERVISOR DÓNAL MORGAN
HANNAH CONLON
BOX OFFICE SUPERVISOR EMILY WHITE
BOX OFFICE DEPUTY SUPERVISOR
HOUSEKEEPING
PAUL McCAFFREY
DEBBIE DUFF
AMANDA RICHARDS
SAMANTHA WALKER
VOLUNTEERS
GARY CROSSAN
ALACOQUE DAVEY
AMANDA DOHERTY
THOMAS FINNEGAN
CHRIS GRANT
ADELE GRIBBON
SIMON HALL
HOLLY HANNAWAY
CATHAL HENRY
TERESA HILL
MEGAN KEENAN
HELENNA HOWIE
GERARD KELLY
JULIE LAMBERTON
FERGAL LINDSAY
MEGAN MAGILL
LAURA McALEENAN
AOIFE McCLOSKEY
PATRICIA McGREEVY
MARY McMANUS
CATHAN McROBERTS
CATHERINE MOORE
DONAL MORGAN
MAEVE MORGAN
SAMANTHA OBMAN
SEAMUS O’HARA
BERNADETTE OWENS
BOBBI RAI PURDY
JEAN DUMAS
YVONNE DUMAS
JOAN GORMLEY
IAN McMASTER
PAULA MORAN
BRONAGH McALLISTER