Photo:
©
Kake
Historical version 4 of Lyric Hammersmith (view current version)
- 08700 500 511 (ticket office)
- Lyric Square, King Street, W6 0QL (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- lyric.co.uk
This is one of the best theatres that Sam has been to in London - it was a Matcham original, but after hard times was scheduled for demolition in 1966. A massive public campaign led to its reconstruction in a modern style, with a lot of conveniences for theatregoers, performers, technicians, and venue staff that the original didn't have, but preserving the gorgeous Victorian interior.
A lot of the original plasterwork had to be replaced, but was re-cast from the original moulds, which had been preserved by the local company who'd done the plasterwork for Matcham originally.
In general, it's well worth going to see a performance here - they have extremely good taste & artistic sense.
OS X co-ord:
523198
OS Y co-ord:
178596
(Latitude:
51.492385
Longitude:
-0.225200)