[1] Success as an entertainment venue led it to be rebuilt and enlarged on the same site twice, firstly in 1890[2] and then in 1895 by the English theatrical architect Frank Matcham.

The 1895 reopening, as The New Lyric Opera House, was accompanied by an opening address by the famous actress Lillie Langtry.

[4] The Lyric has recently gone through a major redevelopment project, with new facilities for young people and the local community completed in 2015, designed by Rick Mather Architects[5] and was nominated in the 'community benefit' and 'tourism and leisure' categories at the RICS Awards 2016, London.

[6] In 2011, the Lyric won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for Sean Holmes' production of Sarah Kane's Blasted.

[7] In September 2018, it was announced that Sean Holmes would be succeeded as artistic director in February 2019 by Rachel O'Riordan.