The Lyric Hammersmith has announced its full 2027 programme, stacked with London premiers, world premieres and more.
Most notably, it will include the highly-requested return of the Tony award-winning Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.
The Lyric Hammersmith 2027 season goes on sale in October 2027.
Three world premieres, three London premieres and the return of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding lead the programme.
From a Harlem hair salon to a café where customers can revisit the past, the Lyric Hammersmith 2027 season covers plenty of ground. The West London theatre’s newly announced programme includes three world premieres, three London premieres and the return of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.
Jocelyn Bioh’s Tony Award-winning comedy opens the programme, returning from 28 January to 27 February 2027. Directed by Monique Touko, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding follows West African braiders working in Harlem, where demanding customers, personal ambitions and salon gossip keep the conversation flowing.
Next, Once Upon a Time in Sokoto makes its London debut from 13 April to 8 May 2027. Written by Inua Ellams and directed by Roy Alexander Weise, the drama explores the friendship between an enslaved woman and her former master against the backdrop of events leading to Nigeria’s formation.
Family memories come under scrutiny in Stewart Pringle’s Brock’s Mill, running from 13 May to 5 June 2027. Rufus Norris directs the Royal Shakespeare Company production, which centres on a former stop-motion animator whose adult daughter, May, has questions about her childhood.
For a change of pace, Before the Coffee Gets Cold receives its world premiere from 17 June to 17 July 227. Conor McPherson adapts Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s bestselling novel about an unusual café that lets customers travel through time. There is one crucial deadline: they must return before their coffee cools.
Summer brings the London premiere of The Book Thief, running from 24 July to 28 August 2027. Based on Markus Zusak’s novel, the musical follows a young girl discovering the power of words in Nazi Germany. Tom Jackson Greaves directs, with a book by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald, and music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson.
The Lyric’s artistic director, Rachel O’Riordan, takes the reins for The Young Team from 31 August to 25 September 2027. Kieran Hurley adapts Graeme Armstrong’s novel about Scottish gang life, following a young man drawn towards the sense of belonging a local gang offers. The production is a collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland.
Gothic suspense follows with We Have Always Lived in the Castle from 7 October to 6 November 2027. Alistair McDowall adapts Shirley Jackson’s novel for a world premiere directed by Sarah Frankcom. The story centres on the surviving Blackwood family, whose isolated existence is disturbed by a visiting cousin.
Tickets for the Lyric Hammersmith 2027 season are on sale now, starting from £10.
Where: Lyric Square, King Street, London W6 0QL.
Contact: https://lyric.co.uk