Inside The Lyceum

History: Artistic Directors

Since its creation in 1965, the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company has had a number of Artistic Directors. For our 40 th anniversary season in 2005/06, former lecturer Mike Ridings compiled The Lyceum Story, telling the tale of these Directors, examining their influence on the direction of the Company and laying out their legacy to their successors.

Click on each name below to find out more about the people who made the Lyceum what it is today.

Tom Fleming 1965 – 66

Clive Perry 1966 - 75

Stephen MacDonald 1975 - 79

Leslie Lawton 1979 - 84

Ian Wooldridge 1984 - 93

Kenny Ireland 1993 - 2003

Mark Thomson 2003 - present