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LIFT 2018

With the theme 'Come As You Are', LIFT 2018 celebrated community by exploring London's local, national and international identity and telling urgent global stories.
LIFT 2018 celebrated cultural diversity, bringing artists from around the world to use the city as their stage. The festival included spectacular large-scale performances, including East Wall  by Hofesh Shechter at the Tower of London and Fly by Night by Duke Riley - a twilight display of 1,500 LED-carrying pigeons in Thamesmead. Explore the whole brochure for LIFT 2018.
"Really, really f***ing cool"
★ ★ ★ ★
— Time Out on Fly By Night
"A festival that lives up to its name...its adventurousness is theatrical yeast..."
— The Guardian, June 2018
"an expression of human complexity"
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— The Guardian on East Wall

Videos from LIFT 2018

Fly by Night by Duke Riley
East Wall by Hofesh Shechter Company
SESSION, the documentary by Dan Canham
Nightwalks with Teenagers by Mammalian Diving Reflex with the Tottenham UpLIFTers
Documentary Trailer for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by Taylor Mac
The LIFT 2018 festival launch video

Photo gallery

East Wall by Hofesh Shechter Company
Creation by Gob Squad
Trojan Women by Ong Keng Sen
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The First Act by Taylor Mac
SESSION at Bernie Grant Arts Centre. Photo credit: Paul Blakemore
Nightwalks With Teenagers. photo credit: Jalaikon

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