Book now for the world premiere of Before the Coffee Gets Cold at the Lyric Hammersmith, Conor McPherson’s new stage adaptation of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s global bestseller about a café where you can travel through time, playing from 17 June to 17 July 2027.

Before the Coffee Gets Cold in London

Imagine a café with a single seat that can carry you back to any moment of your life, with one catch: you have to return to the present before your coffee goes cold. That is the beloved premise of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s internationally bestselling novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and it now comes to the stage in a new adaptation by Conor McPherson, the Olivier and Tony-nominated writer of The Weir and The Brightening Air.

One seat allows you to travel in time, you can’t move from it while you’re there, and you must be back before your coffee gets cold. It’s a story about regret, redemption and learning to live with the choices we make, and the ones we didn’t.

Book Before the Coffee Gets Cold tickets

Before the Coffee Gets Cold plays the Lyric Hammersmith from 17 June until 17 July 2027.

In many ways, the Funiculi Funicula is a café like any other. It has its regulars, its waitresses and an owner who juggles the demands of locals and tourists. But it also has rules, and the first is that one seat in the café lets you travel in time.

Everyone who sits there has a moment they’d like to return to, but there’s a catch: you can’t change what has happened, you can’t leave the chair, and you have only as long as your coffee stays warm.

Performance Information

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Tickets by Month
Jun 2027
Jul 2027

Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of Before the Coffee Gets Cold?

Show Cast: Full cast to be announced at a later date.

Who are the creative team of Before the Coffee Gets Cold?

  • Adapted by: Conor McPherson
  • Based on the novel by: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Venue Information

Lyric Hammersmith , King Street, London, W6 0QL

Nearest Tube or Train: Hammersmith (District, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City)

Nearest Buses: 27, 110, 190, 218, 267, 306, H91, N9, N11, N266

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Frequently Asked Questions

Before the Coffee Gets Cold is playing at the Lyric Hammersmith in London
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Yes, Before the Coffee Gets Cold has matinee performances on the following days:

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