After nine years of groundbreaking programming, the Lyric Hammersmith's celebrated artistic director Sean Holmes bids farewell with his final spring 2019 season at the South West London theatre hub. First up on the bill is the theatre's very own world premiere of Leave To Remain, an arresting mix of music, drama and movement that features the songs of Matt Jones and Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke.

From Gandalf to King Lear Ian McKellen's long and illustrious career have left many theatre and film fans a gasp at his talent. Now for his 80th year, the great Sir heads out across the UK in an intimate one-man show, with the star chatting about his career as well as acting some of his most iconic moments.

Join the lightly cynical parapsychologist Mr Goodman, who's life's work is dis-proving the tales of ghostly activity he investigates. Except there are three cases that have him flummoxed. This is the chillingly terrifying scream-fest Ghost Stories from Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, the men behind the darkly comic League of Gentlemen and the mind twister Derren Brown.