Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Lyric Hammersmith
Kings Mall Shopping Centre, King Street, Lyric Square, London, W6 0QL
Running Time TBC
Running Since Fri, 18 June 2027
Booking Until Fri, 16 July 2027
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Ages 14+.

 
 
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Tuesday - 19:30 -
Wednesday 14:30 19:30 -
Thursday - 19:30 -
Friday - 19:30 -
Saturday 14:30 19:30 -
Sunday - - -
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‘Even if nothing changes and everything stays the way it is. I still want to go back.’

In many ways the Funiculi Funicula is a café like any other. It has regulars, like Mr Owen, sitting quietly and flicking through his magazines; it has waitresses, like Freya, who always pours the coffee when it’s nice and fresh; and it has Nicholas, the café owner who is used to managing the varied demands of locals and tourists alike.

But it also has rules.

Rule one: there’s a single seat that allows you to travel in time. Rule two: while you’re travelling you cannot move from that seat. And rule number three: you must return to the present before your coffee gets cold.

Based on the bestselling novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, this major new adaptation by Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Brightening Air) brings this beloved story to the UK stage for the first time.

In association with Melting Pot, Gail Berman/SK Global, and Lombardo & Zell Productions.

BSL:

  • Tuesday, 6th July, 7:30pm

Audio Described:

  • Thursday, 8th July, 7:30pm

Chilled:

  • Saturday, 10th July, 2:30pm

Captioned:

  • Tuesday, 13th July, 7:30pm

Lyric Hammersmith

Kings Mall Shopping Centre, King Street, Lyric Square, London, W6 0QL
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The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre in King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions.

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