Donate To The Lyric Theatre

Why donate to the lyric theatre?

The Lyric Theatre is transforming lives and building bridges in Northern Ireland, but we need your support to continue this vital work. Your donation today will help us inspire the next generation, nurture new artistic voices, and maintain our role as a unifying civic space where theatre creates lasting change in our community.

We inspire the next generation

Theatre can change attitude and lives. We believe that theatre and creativity should be part of every child’s education. Your support will enable us to continue our valuable work with almost 15,000 children and young people in schools and community groups every year.

We nurture new voices and new work

We are a place of storytellers. We believe in nurturing unique voices and supporting new work. Your donation will help us continue to support writing talent through commissions, development workshops and dramaturgy.

We are a playhouse for all

The Lyric Theatre is a playhouse for all. Help us promote the critical role of the arts in society, and the transformative power of live theatre. Help us support our freelancers to build a successful and sustainable career. Help us continue to tell the stories from this place we call home.

We are a shared civic space

The Lyric plays a key role in bringing together a still-divided community in Northern Ireland. A meeting place for dialogue, the Lyric was the place chosen for an iconic moment of the peace process: the handshake between Queen Elizabeth II and Martin McGuinness in 2012.