Dangalnama
A FLAME Production directed by Prasad Vanarase
Fri 13 - Tues 17 June / 19:30 - 21:30
"an engaging young company from the Indian subcontinent" - GuardianDangalnama is a moving account of the sectarian rioting that has occurred in India since the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984.
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Millipede
They Are Here and New Found Friends
Thurs 12 - Sat 21 June
The Lift Millipede is a creature with many legs and many eyes. It is continuously listening, watching and recording.
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How The Lift Was Built
Thurs 12 June - Sat 21 June
A unique exhibition that tells the story of how the four-storey mobile venue and hub of the Lift Festival was built.
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Meet The Lift
Thu 12 June / 10:30 - 11:30, 11:30 - 12:30, 12:30 - 13:30, 13:30 - 14:30
This is your chance to meet The Lift's architects AOC and be guided around by the people who helped design and create the building.
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The Lift Housewarming
Lift in association with Urban Development
Thurs 12 June / 20:00 - 23:00 (doors open 19:30) *Please note this event is now sold out.
An extraordinary line-up of A-list music talent will open Lift Festival 2008, bringing together gospel, classical and urban music styles including new pieces commissioned for the night.
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Lift Screen: Bombay
Directed by Mani Ratnam, 1995
Sat 14 June / 21:30 - 23:40
Enjoy an evening in Stratford Park with an outdoor screening of the award-winning Bombay, a Bollywood classic based on a true story.
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Signs of the World
Jenny Sealey in association with Graeae Theatre Company
Thurs 12 - Sat 21 June
Deaf artist and Graeae Artistic Director Jenny Sealey, has created a series of still images and a short film that demonstrate the international diversity of sign language.
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East-on-Screen
With Newham Film Unit
Fri 13 June / 20:00 - 22:00 (doors open 19:30)
East-on-Screen will showcase the work of local and young filmmakers in East London.
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Trashcatchers
With Project Phakama UK and Emergency Exit Arts
Sat 14 June / 10:00 - 11:45, 14:00 - 16:00 / Wed 18 June / 14:00 - 16:00
Turning rubbish into art!
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Open Dance Workshop
With Angika
Tues 17 - Thurs 19 June / Workshops 10:00 - 11:45 / Sat 21 June / Rehearsal 09:00 - 10:00 / Performance 12:00 - 15:00
Take part in the creation of a new performance, Uusma, with leading British Indian Dance Company ANGIKA.
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Plenty in the Park
Sat 21 June / 12:00 - 15:00 (performance begins 13:00)
Celebrate the last day of Lift Festival 2008 Stratford with an afternoon of recycled family Entertainment.
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Trashcatchers Ball
with Project Phakama UK and Emergency Exit Arts
Sat 21 June / 20:00 - 23:00 (doors open 19:30)
The Trashcatchers Ball will bring Lift Festival 2008 Stratford to a spectacular close with a celebration of recycling.
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Breakfast of Champions
With Olympic Spirits and Foodstuffs
Sun 15 June / 10:00 - 11:45
East End company Olympic Spirits and Foodstuffs Ltd has harvested fruits and berries from the Lower Lea Valley for generations.
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Story Shop
With Discover
Sun 15 June / 15:00 - 16:00, 16:15 - 17:15, 17:30 - 18:30
A 'choose your own adventure' story with a twist.
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Speak
Theatre Royal Stratford East Young Actors Company '08
Fri 13, Sat 14, Wed 18 June / 17:00 - 18:30 / Mon 16 June / 16:00 - 17:00
Speak is an insightful new performance about our sense of belonging and exclusion.
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Freed Speech
With Young Mayor of Newham
Mon 16 June / 17:00 - 18:30
What does it means to be a young citizen in Newham, East London, in England, in the world?
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The Kickin' Kangaroo Club
with East London Dance
Fri 20 June / 19:00 - 22:00
East London's very own fully accessible club night, run by people with learning disabilities, comes to The Lift.
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Karaoke 146
Karaoke 'til you're croaky
Sun 15 June / 20:00 - 23:00 (doors open 19:30)
A multilingual karaoke event celebrating the 146 different languages spoken in Newham!
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Craft Club
Mon 16 June / 20:00 - 22:00 (doors open 19:30)
This is your chance to get crafty with waste materials, left-overs or whatever takes your fancy.
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3 Stories
Theatre Venture
Tues 17 June / 20:00 - 21:00 (doors open 19:30)
Three new comedies inspired by stories from three of Newham's vibrant communities.
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Zero Hour Market
Zecora Ura Theatre and Para-Active
Thurs 19 June / 20:30 - 22:30
Part of the Hotel Medea cycle, Zero Hour Market reimagines the mythical meeting of Jason and Medea as an epic Brazilian folk tale.
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Give and Take
Fundamental Architectural Inclusion
Thurs 19 June / 15:00 - 17:00
Come and find out what is happening in your area.
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Every Year, Every Day, I Am Walking
Magnet Theatre
Fri 20 - Sat 21 June / 20:00-21:10, Sat 21 June / 15:00-16:10
This extraordinary production from South Africa's Magnet Theatre tells the story of a young girl who loses her family and home.
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Children of War
Lift presents...
Sat 21 June / 17:00 - 18:30
This discussion event explores the psychological impact of war, trauma and displacement on young people.
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Kitchen Banter
Good food and good talk
Fri 13 – Thurs 19 June / 12.00 – 14.00
Join us inside The Lift for a sit down lunch and short screen programme.
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Survival Kit
Wed 18 June / 20.00 – 22.00 (doors open 19.30)
Equip yourself for a conversation with a difference.
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How The Lift Was Built
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Sun 29 June – Sun 6 July
How The Lift Was Built is an exhibition which tells the story of how the four-storey mobile venue and hub of the Lift Festival was built.
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Meet the Architects
AOC
Wed 2 July / 14.00 – 15.00
Meet AOC, the architects who designed The Lift, and hear about the process from conception through to realisation.
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Jump Start
Mon 30 June – Fri 4 July and Sun 6 July / 10.15 – 11.15
Start the day with something different at a series of refreshing and unusual morning workshops presented by Southbank Centre's Resident Artists and other local practitioners.
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Murundak
The Black Arm Band
Thurs 26 June / 19.30 – 21.30
With parallels to Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club comes the inspirational music from Australia's black protest movement.
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Sung Welcome to The Black Arm Band and MAU
Southbank Centre's Voicelab with Newham World Choir
Thurs 26 June / 18.00 – 18.30
A collection of local choirs, including the Newham World Choir, sings a welcome to artists from New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Australia.
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Mark Atkins
Fri 27 June / 17.30
Don't miss this opportunity to hear this unique didgeridoo player and story-teller.
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Liyarn Ngarn
Directed by Martin Mhando
Fri 27 June / 20.00 – 21.00
This compelling film documentary tells of the devastation and inhumanity brought upon Indigenous people in every aspect of their daily lives.
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Artists Talking
Murundak and Tempest II
Sat 28 June / 12.00 – 13.30
MAU's Lemi Ponifasio in conversation with Lou Bennett from The Black Arm Band about their work and lives.
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Tempest II
Lemi Ponifasio / MAU
Sat 28 June / 19.45
Artistic Director of MAULemi Ponifasio returns to Southbank Centre (Requiem, 2007) with his new work Tempest II.
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Pacific Solution
From Afghanistan to Aotearoa
Sat 28 June / 20.00 – 22.00
On the day the World Trade Center crumbled, 438 Afghan refugees were in a small boat off the coast of Australia, fleeing the persecution of the Taliban regime.
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Pacific Thought Symposium
Lemi Ponifasio / MAU
Sat 28 June / 14.00 – 17.00
In Pacific culture Tã is how we act and manipulate things in the world. Tã is the making of art and our interactions with the natural environment.
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Operation Soapbox
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Sun 29 June / 16.00 – 19.00
Using the traditional vehicle for independent expression - the soapbox - 10,000 young people nationwide were invited to join Operation Soapbox
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Getting Your Point Across
Sun 29 June / 15.00 – 16.00
Always wanted to improve your public speaking skills but never had the chance?
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Signs of the World
Jenny Sealey in association with Graeae Theatre Company
Sun 29 June / 10.00 – 11.30
Deaf artist and Graeae Artistic Director Jenny Sealey has created a series of still images and a short film that demonstrates the international diversity of sign language.
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Artists Talking
Signs of the World
Tues 1 July / 12.00 – 13.30
Jenny Sealey in conversation with Angharad Wynne-Jones, Director, Lift - following a screening of the film.
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Speak
Theatre Royal Stratford East Young Actors Company '08
Sun 29 June / 20.00 – 21.30
Speak is an insightful new performance about our sense of belonging and exclusion.
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Artists Talking
Speak
Sun 29 June / 12.00 – 13.30
Dawn Reid, Associate Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East and Lift International Associate (UK), and Roger Robinson in conversation with spoken word artist Malika Booker about the creation and themes of Speak.
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Future Shorts
Wed 2 July and Fri 4 July / 20.00 – 22.00
Future Shorts is proud to bring you a vibrant and eclectic programme of short films and music videos from all over the world.
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Millipede
They Are Here and New Found Friends
Fri 4 July / 14.00 – 16.00
Watch 999 pieces of the Millipede's work and then make piece 1,000 with us live on the Southbank.
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bANGER – The Power Hour
Tara Cheyenne Performance
Wed 2 July / 20.00 – 21.00
Seducing the audience with comic, character-driven sequences, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg fuses dance and theatre to create a powerful and memorable performance.
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Artists Talking
bANGER
Wed 2 July / 12.00 – 13.30
Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg in conversation with Lift International Associate Menno Plukker (Canada) about bANGER and her body of work.
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The Battle for Progress
The Institute of Ideas debate
Sat 28 June / 18.00 – 19.30
What does 'progress' mean in the 21st century? Despite 'globalisation' the world remains unequal and old economic models seem outdated.
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Should Artists Be Politicians?
An Open Space event facilitated by Improbable
Mon 30 June / 18.00 – 22.00
Speak your mind on the state of art, activism and political theatre today.
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SpeedDataRadio and Faceless
Cecilia Wee and Resonance FM
Tues 1 July / 18.00 – 21:30
A round-table discussion mixed live to air on Resonance104.4 FM, followed by the Resonance Film Night and London premiere of Manu Luksch's Faceless.
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Micronomics
City Mine(d)
Wed 2 July / 18.00 – 19.30
Want to learn something new? Get your expertise out of the closet and share your knowledge in return for someone else's in this skills-exchange event presented by City Mine(d).
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A River Runs Through Us
mouth to mouth
Thurs 3 July / 18.00 – 19.15
mouth to mouth presents a short interactive performance that utilises and reveals their unique methods for communication as global storytellers.
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The Long Table on Performing Rights
Lois Weaver and the Live Art Development Agency
Fri 4 July / 18.00 – 19.15
The Long Table on Performing Rights is an invitation to explore the role of performance in communicating human rights issues.
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Report on the Body
Living Dance Studio
Fri 4 July / 19.45 – 21.00
This multimedia dance-theatre event offers a rare glimpse into the real experience of living in China today.
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Artists Talking
Report on the Body
Fri 4 July / 12.00 – 13.30
Wen Hui, Artistic Director of Living Dance Studio, and Wu Wenguang, Producer of Living Dance Studio, talk to Nelson Fernandez from Visiting Arts.
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Kimho Ip and Filip Davidse
Fri 4 July / 17.30
Composer and Yangchin player Kimho Ip performs in collaboration with Dutch saxophonist Filip Davidse and special guests.
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Still Life – San Xia Hao Ren
Dir Jia Zhangke, China 2006
Thurs 3 July / 20.00 – 22.00
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2006 Venice Film Festival, Still Life is the vivid and absorbing tale of two individuals struggling to keep up with the dizzying pace of change in 21st-century China.
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Manufactured Landscapes
Dir Jennifer Baichwal, Canada 2006
Thurs 3 July / 14.00 – 16.00
Jennifer Baichwal's award-winning documentary centres on renowned artist Edward Burtynsky.
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Cape Farewell Youth Voyagers
Sat 5 July / 13.30 – 14.30
A discussion with some of the Youth Voyagers from Cape Farewell's first Youth Expedition to the Arctic in September 2007.
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A Children's Parliament for Sustainable Schools
Presented by Newham Children's Parliament
Sat 5 July / 10.00 – 13.00
Pupils and staff across London have been working on a range of exciting projects and activities to make their schools green.
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Transition Towns
Sat 5 July / 15.30 – 17.30
The Transition Town movement has grown rapidly across the UK and internationally in its first two years.
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A Night with TippingPoint and Fellow Travellers
Sat 5 July / 19.30 – 21.30
TippingPoint invites you to an evening of green games and lively discussion to bring you even closer to the heart of climate change.
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Mapping the London Flood Plains Cycle Ride and Walk
Sun 6 July / 10.00 – 16.00
Join us for the last day of Lift Festival 2008 with a leisurely (or not so leisurely) cycle ride and walk - a day to remember!
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Sila
A film by Subathra Subramaniam
Sun 6 July / 12.30 – 13.00
'Sila' in Inuktitut means atmosphere, the outside, temperature, the spiritual power that is related to weather and the world.
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Report from Bangladesh
Ishrat Nishat
Sun 6 July / 13.00 – 14.30
Ishrat Nishat presents a Report from Bangladesh on the likely impact of rising sea levels.
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The Absurdity of the World Picture Offered Us
Platform
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Sun 6 July / 15.30 – 17.30
For over 20 years, Platform's work has brought together activists, artists and educators to create innovative projects driven by the need for social and environmental justice.
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The Wonder of You
City Mine(d)
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Sun 6 July / 19.30 – 23.00
For the closing night party at The Lift, City Mine(d) curates a chain of masterclasses using the expertise of Lift Festival 2008 audiences and artists.
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The Responsibilities of Representation
Chaired by Ruth Holdsworth with Paolo Favero
Mon 30 June / 12.00 – 13.30
How can cultural information from one part of the world be shared with another?
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Hannah Hurtzig
A presentation on the Blackmarket for Useful Knowledge and Non-Knowledge
Thurs 3 July / 12.00 – 13.30
Hannah Hurtzig, director of Mobile Academy in Berlin, presents her reflections on public conversation events.
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Saison Poetry Library
26 June - 6 July 2008 / 10:00
The Saison Poetry Library at Southbank Centre has chosen a poem for each day of the Lift Festival.
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Welcome to the World