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| Artistic director | Kris Nelson |
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| Website | liftfestival.com |
The London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) is a biennial festival of theatre, performance and cultural events. The organisation also supports year-round activity in London. The organisation was founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal, with the first festival in 1981 hoping to ‘challenge British theatre and open a window on the world’ .[1]
Lyn Gardner in The Guardian wrote of LIFT in 2014, "Probably no theatre organisation in the UK has done more to break down the distinctions between artforms than LIFT, which over the last 30 years has not only offered us a first glimpse of work by world-class theatre makers, but also offered space for first-hand theatrical dispatches from artists living with conflict and under oppression who find space denied them in their own country."[2]
LIFT's current artistic director is Kris Nelson.[3]
- ^ Fenton, Rose and Lucy Neal. The turning world. London, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2005. Page: 19.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (10 February 2014). "London international festival of theatre: still living and dancing in 2014" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Kris Nelson announced as LIFT's new Artistic Director and Joint CEO".