London International Festival of Theatre
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The London International Festival of Theatre (or LIFT) is a London
, UK, arts festival which was co-founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal. It has been presenting since 1981. In 2003, they passed the leadership of the festival to Angharad Wynne-Jones. In 2008 Angharad stepped down. Mark Ball was appointed Artistic Director in 2009.
The festival's agenda has been to expose British theatregoers to more international theatre than typically has been presented in London. In its first year, 35,000 people attended. In 1993, with 235 performances by 200 artists including The Wooster Group
and Peking opera, the attendance was recorded as 92,500.
London
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, UK, arts festival which was co-founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal. It has been presenting since 1981. In 2003, they passed the leadership of the festival to Angharad Wynne-Jones. In 2008 Angharad stepped down. Mark Ball was appointed Artistic Director in 2009.
The festival's agenda has been to expose British theatregoers to more international theatre than typically has been presented in London. In its first year, 35,000 people attended. In 1993, with 235 performances by 200 artists including The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged during 1975-1980 from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group and took its name in 1980...
and Peking opera, the attendance was recorded as 92,500.