| AdminHistory | LIFT '87 took place between 13 July '2 August and the programme consisted of:
Anatoli Vasiliev & Company (USSR) Cerceau, Riverside Studios, 19 '21 July and 23 '26 July
Circus Oz (Australia) Circus Oz, The Big Top, Coin Street, Upper Ground, South Bank, 18 '19, 22 July '2 August, 5 '9 August
Compañia Divas (Mexico) Donna Giovanni, Shaw Theatre, 24 July '2 August
Eduardo Pavlovsky (Argentina) Potestad, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 22 '25 July and 27 July '1 August
Ethyl Eichelberger (USA) Leer, Great Women From History, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 14 '18 July
Free Street Theater (USA) Project! - The Cabrini Green Musical, Theatre Royal Stratford East, 13 '25 July
Jim Neu (USA) Duet for Spies - The Whole Story, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 14 '18 July
Kufena (Nigeria) New Earth, Riverside Studios, 14 '19 July, Albany Empire, 21 '26 July
La Cubana (Spain) La Tempestad, Sadler's Wells Theatre, 13 '17 July
Needcompany (The Netherlands, Belgium) Need to Know, The Place, 29 July '2 August
New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp (USA) The Colored Museum, Royal Court Theatre, 30 July '22 August
People Show (UK) The Unofficial Heavyweight & Entertainment Championship of the World, Watermans Arts Centre, 31 July '2 August
Pep Bou (Spain) Bufaplanetes, Battersea Arts Centre, 22 '25 July
Red Pilot (Yugoslavia) Fiat, Riverside Studios, 28 July '8 August
South East Asia Arts Project and Pip Simmons (UK) Crossing the Water, Shadwell Basin, 13 July - 1 August
The Bow Gamelan Ensemble (UK) Offshore Rig, Watermans Arts Centre, 16 '18 July
Théâtre Repère (Canada) The Dragon's Trilogy, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 21 July '2 August
Vusisizwe Players (South Africa) You Strike the Women, You Strike the Rock, Riverside Studios, 14 '18 July, Watermans Arts Centre, 20 '25 July, Albany Empire, 28 July '2 August
The Festival Club was held at the Almeida Theatre, London and the programme consisted of: Astrid Hadad; Beverly Bell; Big Big Trouble; Circus Oz; Dadekrama; Death Bang Party; Ethyl Eichelberger; Free Street Theater; Gotham & Swift; Hattie Hayridge; Ian MacPherson; Irie! Dance Company; Jenny Éclair; Jim Neu; Johnny Immaterial; Kufena; Lee Cornes and Raw Sex; Lip Service; Lorna Rowe; Lotte Literati, Deborah Levy, Mene Kaylan; Michael Melancholy; Norman Lovett; People Show; Physical Acts; Ralf Ralf; Raw Sex; Rik Zotowski; Shikisha; Suzie Gilmour and Maureen O'Farrell; The Girl Can't Help It; The Joan Collins Fan Club; The Merry McFun Show; The Strange and Frightening James Macabre; The Two Marks; Three Go Dutch; Tony Bluto; Vickilyn Reynolds; Von Magnet; All Day Suckers (children's theatre); Electrick Dance Theatre (children's theatre); Pop-Up Children's Theatre (children's theatre)
The children's programme took place at the Battersea Arts Centre and consisted of: Teatro Dell'Angolo (Italy); The Oily Cart Company (UK); Umoja (Italy)
LIFT discussions consisted of: In(ter)ventions, Riverside Sturdios, 2 August; The Politics of Latin American Theatre, ICA, 26 July; The Use of Theatre in Community Development, Africa Centre, 24 July.
Workshops were run by the following companies: Circus Oz; Compañia Divas; Free Street Theater; Kufena; Vusisizwe Players.
The Street Theatre programme consisted of: Kufena; La Cubana at surprise venues over London
LIFT music: Laibach, the musicians from Neue Slowenische Kunst Movement
Exhibition: The work of Irwin, the artists' group from Neue Slowenische Kunst Movement
Film: 'Doomed Love' by Andrew Horn, screenplay Jim Neu |