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 Sir Tim Rice, Chairman of the Foundation. The award was presented to the Lyric’s fundraising team by Honorary President of the Foundation, Lord Attenborough CBE. The money will be used to provide dedicated education facilities within the new theatre which the Lyric is planning to build on its Ridgeway Street site.
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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 home of local drama since 1968. The seat campaign is just one of a number of initiatives aimed at urgently raising the remaining £2million required to safeguard the future of the Lyric. The current venue will close in January 2008.
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 familiar faces from the past forty years.
Lots of great stories were shared about favourite productions and performers. Hopefully we can raise the further £2million still required to make sure our actors and audiences have a Lyric to cherish for the next forty years!