The Shows

To read more about the shows in the upcoming Season 2008/09 online click the titles below. 

Christmas
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (28 Nov 2008 - 3 Jan 2009)

Lyceum Season 2008/09
Macbeth (12 Sep - 11 Oct 2008)
Mary Rose (24 Oct - 15 Nov 2008)
The Man Who Had All the Luck (16 Jan - 14 Feb 2009)
The Mystery of Irma Vep (20 Feb - 14 Mar 2009)
Curse of the Starving Class (20 Mar - 11 April)
Copenhagen (17 Apr - 9 May 2009)

Visiting Shows
Something Wicked This Way Comes (15 - 18 Oct 2008)

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Macbeth

William Shakespeare
Directed by Lucy Pitman-Wallace
Designed by Lucy Osborne
A co-production with Nottingham Playhouse

12 September - 11 October

What is there to say about Macbeth that hasn’t already been said a hundred times? It’s a brilliantly exciting, thrillingly dark ...

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Macbeth, 12 September to 11 October 2008 - click here for more information

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Written and adapted by Ray Bradbury
Directed by Gill Robertson

15 October - 18 October

This autumn the Lyceum is delighted to welcome Catherine Wheels Children’s Theatre Company and the National Theatre of Scotland with ...

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Mary Rose

JM Barrie
Directed by Tony Cownie
Designed by Neil Murray

24 October - 15 November

Barrie’s wonderful Edwardian ghost story, Mary Rose, begins in a mysterious old house, where a young man is being shown round by an ...

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Mary Rose, 24 October to 15 November 2008 - click here for more information

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

CS Lewis
Adapted by Glyn Robbins
Directed by Mark Thomson

28 November - 3 January

TICKETS FOR THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE ARE NOW ON SALE! CS Lewis’s wonderful tale of the magical land of Narnia has delighted ...

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 28 November 2008 to 3 January 2009 - click here for more information

The Man Who Had All the Luck

Arthur Miller
Directed by John Dove

16 January - 14 February

The Man Who Had All the Luck encompasses the same great creativity and values identified in Miller’s other masterpieces of that early ...

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The Mystery of Irma Vep

Charles Ludlam
Directed by Ian Grieve
A co-production with Perth Theatre.

20 February - 14 March

Subtitled 'A Penny Dreadful' and taking its lead from tales of gothic romance, The Mystery of Irma Vep is a fast-paced and wickedly funny ...

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The Mystery of Irma Vep, 20 February to 14 March 2009 - click here for more information

Curse of the Starving Class

Sam Shepard
Directed by Mark Thomson

20 March - 11 April

Sam Shepard presents a comic dissection of the corruption of American values. On a run-down Californian farmstead, at the edge of the ...

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Curse of the Starving Class, 20 March to 11 April 2009 - click here for more information

Copenhagen

Michael Frayn
Directed by Tony Cownie

17 April - 9 May

This intense, absorbing and powerful piece of theatre from Michael Frayn brings our 2008/09 Season to a pulsating end. Copenhagen is a ...

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Past shows in this season include



The Winter's Tale

By William Shakespeare

21 September - 20 October

Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale is a story of jealousy, rage, love, hope and redemption in the vividly contrasting lands of Sicily ...

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The Winter's Tale promotional poster

Living Quarters

By Brian Friel
UK Premiere

26 October - 17 November

Set in a remote and rundown army camp in County Donegal, Living Quarters tells the story of the fateful day that Commandant Frank Butler ...

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The Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum with Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg

1 December - 30 December

Join Dorothy and her dog Toto, along with her friends The Scarecrow, The Tin Man and The Cowardly Lion, as they follow the yellow brick road ...

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The Glass Menagerie

By Tennessee Williams
Presented by special arrangement with The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

11 January - 9 February

Click here to see an interview with the show's director, Jemima Levick Click here to have a look at some rehearsal shots from the show Tennessee ...

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Six Characters in Search of an Author

by Luigi Pirandello
in a new version by David Harrower
A co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland and the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow

15 February - 8 March

***SIX CHARACTERS has now ended its run at the Lyceum - however the show continues at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow from 12 - 29 March 2008. ...

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The publicity image for Six Characters... a pair of whie spectacles against a black backround. Click here for more information on the show.

Vanity Fair

adapted by Declan Donnellan from the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray

14 March - 12 April

Adapted from Thackeray’s satirical novel, Vanity Fair is a fast, funny and fabulous romp through the the ambitions and vanities of ...

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Vanity Fair at the Lyceum - click here for more information

Trumpets and Raspberries

Translated and adapted by R.C. McAvoy and A.M. Giugni
From the play by Dario Fo

18 April - 10 May

BREAKING NEWS - Edinburgh Kidnap Drama. RLT News is already on the scene... Mistaken identity and chaotic confusions abound when, after ...

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Katie Morag

By Lisa Grindall
Based on the stories
by Mairi Hedderwick
Presented by Mull Theatre

16 May - 17 May

Travel on the ferry to Struay to meet one of the best-loved characters in children’s books – Katie Morag McColl. She may live ...

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Katie Morag - visiting the Lyceum from 15-17 May! Click here for more info!

The First To Go

By Nabil Shaban
Presented by benchtours in association with Sirius Pictures

23 May - 24 May

Imprisoned for their imperfections, three inmates at an institute of eugenics pass around a simple story.As their fate closes in, the dark ...

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Nabil Shaban in The First To Go. Click here for more information on the show.

An Evening With David Wells

POSTPONED - full details coming soon.

28 June - 28 June

*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED - full details coming soon*** Join David Wells, formerly of the TV show Most Haunted, for an evening of ...

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David Wells appears at the Lyceum 28 June 2008 - click here to find out more.