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21/10/2009
Lyric Design 'Previewed'
There's a major 'performance' this week at Belfast's Lyric Theatre.
The award-winning architects at O'Donnell & Tuomey will guide prospective audience members through a presentation of the Lyric's new £18m home, due to open in spring 2011, as well as talking through their design.
The move comes as building is well under way on the Lyric's new home on Ridgeway Street - but the company still needs to raise £1.3m for essential fit-out and equipment costs.
If the Lyric can raise £800,000 by a deadline of June next year, it will secure the £500,000 challenge grant from Kresge and finally celebrate completion of its ambitious £18m fundraising target.
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney unveiled a 'Threshold Stone' at the site of Belfast's new Lyric Theatre in September, but the next act in the ongoing performance will be this week's presentation, which will include computer-generated images, showcasing the two auditoria, backstage and new front of house.
With nearly four times more floor space than the original theatre, the Lyric's new home will consist of a 394-seat main auditorium, 150-seat studio theatre, rehearsal room, extensive riverfront foyers and bar, backstage facilities and office accommodation.
The Lyric's capital fundraising campaign received a massive boost in June this year with the offer of an £500,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation in Michigan.
However, it is appealing for help from the public and the business community to meet this exciting new challenge and complete the fundraising campaign.
Meanwhile, one of Northern Ireland's most popular attractions is to open its doors later this week after undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment.
The Ulster Museum closed in October 2006 to allow a £17m renovation to take place.
Although it is opening a few months later than originally planned, staff hope the new-look building will soon be attracting record numbers of visitors.
See: Heaney Marks Progress On Lyric Scheme
(BMcC/KMcA)
The award-winning architects at O'Donnell & Tuomey will guide prospective audience members through a presentation of the Lyric's new £18m home, due to open in spring 2011, as well as talking through their design.
The move comes as building is well under way on the Lyric's new home on Ridgeway Street - but the company still needs to raise £1.3m for essential fit-out and equipment costs.
If the Lyric can raise £800,000 by a deadline of June next year, it will secure the £500,000 challenge grant from Kresge and finally celebrate completion of its ambitious £18m fundraising target.
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney unveiled a 'Threshold Stone' at the site of Belfast's new Lyric Theatre in September, but the next act in the ongoing performance will be this week's presentation, which will include computer-generated images, showcasing the two auditoria, backstage and new front of house.
With nearly four times more floor space than the original theatre, the Lyric's new home will consist of a 394-seat main auditorium, 150-seat studio theatre, rehearsal room, extensive riverfront foyers and bar, backstage facilities and office accommodation.
The Lyric's capital fundraising campaign received a massive boost in June this year with the offer of an £500,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation in Michigan.
However, it is appealing for help from the public and the business community to meet this exciting new challenge and complete the fundraising campaign.
Meanwhile, one of Northern Ireland's most popular attractions is to open its doors later this week after undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment.
The Ulster Museum closed in October 2006 to allow a £17m renovation to take place.
Although it is opening a few months later than originally planned, staff hope the new-look building will soon be attracting record numbers of visitors.
See: Heaney Marks Progress On Lyric Scheme
(BMcC/KMcA)
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23 July 2012
Lyric Theatre Shortlisted For Architecture Prize
A new £18m theatre in Belfast has been short-listed for the 2012 Stirling Prize in architecture. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) put the new Lyric Theatre in the running for the £20,000 prize, alongside London's Olympic Stadium and Maggie's cancer centre in Glasgow.
Lyric Theatre Shortlisted For Architecture Prize
A new £18m theatre in Belfast has been short-listed for the 2012 Stirling Prize in architecture. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) put the new Lyric Theatre in the running for the £20,000 prize, alongside London's Olympic Stadium and Maggie's cancer centre in Glasgow.
20 May 2010
New Lyric Lays Solid Foundation
As Belfast's iconic Lyric Theatre continues its run of plays in its temporary home at the Elmwood Hall, a major milestone has (literally - given the literary inscription) been passed. The laying of the old Lyric Theatre's foundation stone in the new theatre, (also being built on the original Ridgeway Street location) has taken place.
New Lyric Lays Solid Foundation
As Belfast's iconic Lyric Theatre continues its run of plays in its temporary home at the Elmwood Hall, a major milestone has (literally - given the literary inscription) been passed. The laying of the old Lyric Theatre's foundation stone in the new theatre, (also being built on the original Ridgeway Street location) has taken place.
19 June 2008
Lyric Stoops To Conquer
Thanks in large part to a Belfast City Council investment of ₤1.25m the demolition of Belfast's Lyric Theatre later today is a new start - and not the end of the iconic south Belfast stage - which though bowed is set to rise again in less than two years time.
Lyric Stoops To Conquer
Thanks in large part to a Belfast City Council investment of ₤1.25m the demolition of Belfast's Lyric Theatre later today is a new start - and not the end of the iconic south Belfast stage - which though bowed is set to rise again in less than two years time.
17 December 2010
Northern Bank 'Sets Scene' For Lyric
The Lyric Theatre has announced a major funding boost as details of a five-year partnership with Northern Bank were revealed at an exclusive behind-the-scenes visit to the new theatre. Building work is nearing completion and the Lyric will reopen its doors on Sunday 1 May 2011 with a gala performance on the newly named Northern Bank Stage.
Northern Bank 'Sets Scene' For Lyric
The Lyric Theatre has announced a major funding boost as details of a five-year partnership with Northern Bank were revealed at an exclusive behind-the-scenes visit to the new theatre. Building work is nearing completion and the Lyric will reopen its doors on Sunday 1 May 2011 with a gala performance on the newly named Northern Bank Stage.
14 March 2011
Lyric Theatre To Open With Miller
Belfast's much missed Lyric Theatre is to re-open on 1 May, and early announcements are already causing quite a lot of excitement. The theatre will open with a gala performance of Arthur Miller's influential play, The Crucible. The play examining the hellish Salem witchcraft trials is viewed as one of the greatest plays ever written.
Lyric Theatre To Open With Miller
Belfast's much missed Lyric Theatre is to re-open on 1 May, and early announcements are already causing quite a lot of excitement. The theatre will open with a gala performance of Arthur Miller's influential play, The Crucible. The play examining the hellish Salem witchcraft trials is viewed as one of the greatest plays ever written.
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