LIFT 2012 at the World Shakespeare Festival
LIFT is proud to present four productions in our 2012 Festival as part of the World Shakespeare Festival and the London 2012 Festival. The World Shakespeare Festival is a celebration of Shakespeare as the world’s playwright, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and we are proud to be presenting four works by theatre companies from the UK and around the world as part of the Festival.
Be the first to get a ticket for this part of the LIFT 2012 programme. Booking for selected shows as part of the World Shakespeare Festival open on 10th October.
Tuesday 12th June
dreamthinkspeak
Meditative and dreamlike in quality, dreamthinkspeak create an ambitious textual and visual deconstruction of Hamlet, interweaving performance, film and installation.
Tuesday 26th June
Renato Rocha
A Roundhouse & LIFT production, directed by Companhia BufoMecânica performer Renato Rocha and inspired by Shakespeare's tragedies, The Dark Side of Love is a delirious and dreamlike journey into the depths of what we do for love. Performed by a cast of teenagers in an atmospheric underground performance space beneath the Roundhouse Main Space.
Thursday 28th June
Baghdad Iraqi Theatre Company
This fitting adaptation of Shakespeare’s great love story, set against a backdrop of conflict between families, communities and generations, finds new purchase in the soil of contemporary Iraq, where sectarian strife between Sunni and Shia, ignited and fuelled from outside, has left its population exhausted by a cycle of violence and revenge.
Wednesday 4th July
Artistes, Producteurs, Associés
Mixing contemporary reportage and Shakespeare this compelling retelling is inspired by the tumultuous events of the Arab Spring, transposing Macbeth’s brutality and terrifying actions to North Africa, to a region on the brink of uprising.