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LIFT 2016

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LIFT 2016 curated a global playlist of performances, politics and pop-culture for London.
Including: a thrilling voyage through the American song book with Taylor Mac, New York’s outrageously entertaining performance artist; Haunting encounters with the dead in a Mile End cemetery in gothic circus from acclaimed Australian company Circa and British electronic musician Lapalux; And the UK debut of Poland’s iconoclastic director Krzysztof Warlikowski in a grand multimedia production of Phaedra(s) by Sarah Kane, Wajdi Mouawad and J M Coetzee and starring Isabelle Huppert. 34 shows and talks across London made up the 2016 festival. Explore the programme here
“This is what LIFT is for, what theatre is for. A genuinely mind-blowing show.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— The Stage on YOUARENOWHERE
“Astonishingly moving, sensitive and humane”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— Time Out on Minefield
"Ferocius, fearless and fabulous"
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
— The Stage on Taylor Mac

VIDEOS FROM LIFT 2016

East Wall Warm Up by Hofesh Shechter Company and East London Dance
The Empathy Museum by Clare Patey
As Far As My Fingertips Take Me by Tania El-Khoury
Opening minutes of YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider
Minefield by Lola Arias
Trailer for Depart by Circa
Rehearsal video Stella by Neil Bartlett
Calling Tree by Rosemary Lee and Simon Whitehead
Trailer for Meeting by Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe
Full Performance: Late Night by Blitz Theatre Group
Full Talk: Peter Brook and associates: A Midsummer Night’s Dream @ The British Library

PHOTOS FROM LIFT

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