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.

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Artists and Companies

Hofesh Shechter Company

East Wall

Kwame Boafo

New International Voices

Ghana

Poetra Asantewa

New International Voices

Ghana

Andy Field

Nocturne

London

Krista Burāne

Nocturne

Riga

Simon Stephens

Fatherland

Manchester

Karl Hyde

Fatherland

London

Scott Graham

Fatherland

London

Ahilan Ratnamohan

Mercenary

Sydney

Gob Squad

Creation (Pictures For Dorian)

Berlin

Punchdrunk

Small Wonders

London

Back to Back Theatre

Lady Eats Apple

Geelong, Australia

Darren O’Donnell

Nightwalks with Teenagers

Toronto

Mammalian Diving Reflex

Nightwalks with Teenagers

Toronto

CoisCéim Dance Theatre

These Rooms

Dublin

ANU and COISCÉIM DANCE THEATRE

These Rooms

Dublin

Faustin Linyekula

In Search of Dinozord

Democratic Republic of Congo

Leonard Foglia

Notes From The Field

America

Anna Deavere Smith

Notes From The Field

Baltimore

Taylor Mac

A 24 Decade History of Popular Music: The First Act

New York City

Ong Keng Sen

Trojan Woman

South Korea

Dries Verhoeven

Phobiarama

The Netherlands

Duke Riley

Fly By Night

New York City

Steppaz

Session

London

Empire Sounds

Session

London

"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

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LIFT 2018

Artists and Companies

Hofesh Shechter Company

Kwame Boafo

Poetra Asantewa

Andy Field

Krista Burāne

Simon Stephens

Karl Hyde

Scott Graham

Ahilan Ratnamohan

Gob Squad

Punchdrunk

Back to Back Theatre

Darren O’Donnell

Mammalian Diving Reflex

CoisCéim Dance Theatre

ANU and COISCÉIM DANCE THEATRE

Faustin Linyekula

Leonard Foglia

Anna Deavere Smith

Taylor Mac

Ong Keng Sen

Dries Verhoeven

Duke Riley

Steppaz

Empire Sounds

Videos from LIFT 2018

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