“A gut-punching performance that will leave you in splits.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
– A Young(ish) Perspective
“magically uplifting.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
– The Telegraph
“ Powerful, raw, vital, fearless, thought-provoking. I have never seen anything quite like it.”
– LIFT 2024 Audience Member
This festival was made and put on during a complex global moment; amidst a climate crisis, a cost of living crisis, and war and turmoil in a number of global regions.
Alongside the main festival programme, LIFT also partnered with Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Performance Studies International to partake in 29th iteration of their PSi conference.
LIFT also commissioned BAFTA award-winning interactive arts company Coney to design and deliver a series of playful workshops for workers and residents in the City of London called Coney Workplace Boosts. This initiative was supported by the City of London as a part of LIFT’s LIFT the City programme.
Artists and companies
Tiziano Cruz
PSi conference
Argentina
Emilia Clarke
Kathryn Hunter
Toby Jones
Nick Mohammed
Jessica Gunning
Mawaan Rizwan
Jodie Whittaker
Meera Syal
Monica Dolan
Rebecca Lucy Taylor (Self Esteem)
Jeremy O. Harris
Adrian Lester
Sheila Atim
Benedict Wong
Fiona Shaw
Juliet Riddell
Brenda Emmanus
Fetuma Hassan
Rosie Holt
Dr Michelle Johansen
Osheen Siva
Baque Luar
Lara Duarte
Rachel Valentine Smith
Aditi Mittal
Margaret Atwood
Lola Shoneyin
Elif Shafak
Eric Nebié
Burkina Faso
Lucas Nicot
France
Marius Moguiba
Ivory Coast
Daouda Keita
Mali
Nadim Bahsoun
Lebanon
Janaina Leite
Kuang-Yi Ku
Omar Elerian
Milan/London
Nassim Soleimanpour
Marlene Monteiro Freitas
Lisbon/Cape Verde