THE HUMAN VOICE by Jean Cocteau
+ Creative Team
playwrigHT - JEAN COCTEAU
a version by DARREN MURPHY
Starring - NICKY HARLEY
director - Emma Jordan
lighting and set DESIGN - CIARAN BAGNALL
SOUNd DESIGN - CONOR MITCHELL
COSTUME DESIGN - ROSIE MCCLELLAND
THE HUMAN VOICE
by Jean Cocteau
In a VERSION by Darren Murphy
Directed by Emma Jordan
Starring Nicky Harley
05 – 07 NOVEMBER 2026: Lyric Theatre (Naughton Studio), 8pm
PRIME CUT PRODUCTIONS RETURN TO THE LYRIC WITH CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW VERSION OF THE HUMAN VOICE
Prime Cut Productions, Ireland’s leading independent and award winning theatre company, return to the Lyric with their critically acclaimed new version of Jean Cocteau’s The Human Voice, by Darren Murphy. Directed by award-winning Emma Jordan (Little Brother, The Pillowman, The Beauty Queen of Leenane) and starring Nicky Harley, (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Dancing at Lughnasa), in a performance described as “fabulous” and “riveting” this new version is a radical reimagining of Cocteau’s work, “an impeccable piece of theatre”
It is a contemporary Belfast story of a woman juggling love and work, as emotional and psychological demands on her time from a desperate client interrupts the devastation of her final call with the lover who abandons her. Pushed to her limits, she must negotiate a treacherous path between her private and public worlds. Heartache is not the aching, luxurious business it used to be.
Produced with the kind permission of the Chairman of the Comite Jean Cocteau
Book your tickets at: https://lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-human-voice or Call the Lyric Box Office on 028 9038 1081
