Celebrated Irish theatre maker Rachel O' Riordan celebrates her inaugural season as the new artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith with a groundbreaking series of thought-provoking and highly entertaining productions. Things take a turn for the epic during emerging young British theatre director Roy Alexander Weise's adaptation of Antigone: the Burial at Thebes, which features a chorus of youth performers from the Lyric Ensemble.

Celebrate the life and times of one of the 20ths century's greatest entertainers with this brand new musical about Mr Show Business himself, Sammy Davis Jr.! Written by Leslie Bricusse, the Oscar and Grammy-winning songwriter behind some of Davis Jr.'s biggest hits including, 'The Candy Man' and 'What Kind of Fool am I?', the show stars Hamilton's Olivier winning stand out Giles Terera and features direction from Clarke Peters (Five Guys Named Moe).