1995

In 1995 LIFT presented 30+ companies from China, Brazil, the UK, France, Mexico, Tunisia, France, Japan, Canada, Romania, India, South Africa, Bali, Germany, Australia, Algeria, Denmark, Turkish, Kurdish, and the U.S.A.

People

The Volksbühne Theatre

Murx den Europäer! Ein Patriotischer Abend (Kill The European! A Patriotic Evening) at Three Mills Island Studios

Germany

Xi Ju Che Jian

File O at ICA

China

Charles Handy

Lecture: The Search For Meaning at ICA

UK

Fatima Gallaire

Playreading: Princesses at Royal Court Theatre

Algeria, France

Baggard Theatre

Take one (Education Programme) at Queens Park Community School

Denmark

In association with Circus Space

Sirk Uzay - Celestial Circus (Education Programme) at The Circus Space, The Big Top Highbury Fields

UK, Turkish, Kurdish

In association with SBC

Still Standing (Education Programme) at Southbank Centre

UK

In association with TRSE

Streets of London - North/South/East/West (Education Programme) at Theatre Royal Stratford East

Uk

In association with WAC

Rush! (in collaboration with Black Theatre Forum and Black Theatre Co-op) (Education Programme) at Weekend Arts College

UK

The Seka Barong of Singapadu

The Seka Barong at QEH, Southbank Centre

Bali

The Market Theatre Company, Theatre Connections

Jozi Jozi at Theatre Royal Stratford East

South Africa

National Theatre of Craiova 

Phaedra at Riverside Studios 

Romania

Bak-Truppen

Super-per at ICA

Norway

Black Theatre Co-operative, Bando de Teatro Olodum

Zumbi at Theatre Royal Stratford East

UK, Brazil

Cirque Plume

Toiles at Highbury Fields

France

Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peña

Mexarcane International - Ethnic Talent for Export at Whiteleys Shopping Centre

USA, Mexico

The Company

The Mad Woman Of Our City at Watermans Arts Centre

India

Familia Productions

Familia at Riverside Studios

Tunisia

Gary Stevens

Sampler (an Artsadmin project, in association with Barclays New Stages in Nottingham) at ICA

UK

Les Deux Mondes

The Tale of Teeka at Riverside Studios

Canada

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in association with LIFT

Splendid's at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

UK, USA

By LIFT’95 the Learning Programme was integrated into the main programme of festival events and has remained so ever since. The first Business Arts Forum was also took place in that year.