Belfast City Council tonight agreed to invest £1.25m in the Lyric Theatre to help ensure its future.
Politicians will provide the funding from their Cultural Legacy Fund which was established in November.
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Lord Attenborough presents cheque to Lyric Development Director Angela McCloskey and Chairman Mark Carruthers.
One of the biggest grants ever made by the Foundation for Sport and the Arts to a project in Northern Ireland has been awarded to the Lyric Theatre. The grant of £250,000 was announced at a Lunch Reception in London, hosted by [...]
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One of the Lyric Theatre’s most famous alumni, Ciaran Hinds, returned to the scene of his early career this week. He was at the Lyric to launch a campaign offering people the chance to name a seat in the auditorium of the Lyric’s proposed new £17.25million theatre on the riverbank site that has been the [...]
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The Lyric marked the end of an era today as it announced details of the last productions to be staged at the current venue on Ridgeway Street which will close in January 2008. The great and the good of the local theatre scene gathered at the Lyric and it was lovely to see so many [...]
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