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Dateline: 19th May, 2006

Autumn and After in Hammersmith

David Farr
Artistic director David Farr

David Farr, artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith, has announced the theatre's autumn programme.

Main House

4th - 28th October (previews from 28th September)
Metamorphosis
By Franz Kafka
Directed by David Farr and Gísli Orn Gardarsson, with music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

1st - 18th November (previewing 31st October)
pool (no water)
By Mark Ravenhill
A co-production with Frantic Assembly and the Theatre Royal Plymouth
Directed by Frantic Assembly's Scott Graham and Steven Hogget
Described as a “visceral and shocking new play”, it will premiere in Plymouth before moving to Hammersmith

27th November - 13th January (previews from 23rd November)
Watership Down
Adapted by Rona Munro from the book by Richard Adams
Directed and designed by Melly Still, with original music by Harvey Brough of Harvey And The Wallbangers

After Christmas but with actual dates TBA
Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare
Kneehigh Theatre
Directed by Emma Rice
This production with play in the Swan, Stratford, as part of the Complete Works festival (20th - 30th September) and will have from August to October

Studio

5th – 23rd September
Brixton Stories
Written and directed by Biyi Bandele

27th September – 14th October
The Persian Revolution
By 30 Bird Productions

1sst - 11th November
Too Close to Home
By Rani Moorthy
Presented by Rasa

14th – 18th November
Moj of the Antarctic
Written and directed by Mojisola Adebayo

“The autumn/winter season," said David Farr, "establishes the Lyric as London's centre for innovative theatrical story-telling, where the most exciting theatrical practitioners can make work which both appeals to a broad and diverse audience and pushes the possibilities of the form in new and unexpected directions."

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©Peter Lathan 2006