New Punchdrunk family show to feature in LIFT 2018

Punchdrunk will premiere a new family show as part of the 2018 LIFT festival, that will also include work by Taylor Mac and the National Theatre of North Korea.

Small Wonders by Nessah Muthy will run at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre from June 2 to July 13.

Other highlights of the London theatre festival include American actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith making her first London appearance in 25 years with Notes From the Field at the Royal Court.

The National Theatre of Korea will perform in the UK for the first time with contemporary opera Trojan Women.

Elsewhere the season includes Fly By Night, an outdoor work by American artist Duke Riley, which will see 1,500 LED-lit, trained pigeons take to the skies above the River Thames.

Works by Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula, American theatremaker Taylor Mac, Australia’s Back to Back Theatre, and a collaboration between East London Dance, Hofesh Shechter Company, and Historic Royal Palaces will also feature.

LIFT guest artistic director David Binder said: “We want to offer an antidote to the recent times, giving chances to celebrate our diverse communities, dispel seeded fears and confront preconceptions.

“From the iconic buildings, renowned stages and unusual, hidden spaces in which our festival takes place, we welcome global citizens to create work as a signifier to everyone; whether you were born here, have made it your home or are just passing through, you belong here.”

 

Season at a glance:

Fly by Night by Duke Riley

June 21 to 23

East Thamesmead

 

Notes From the Field by Anna Deavere Smith

June 13 to 24

Royal Court Theatre

In Search of Dinozord by Faustin Linyekula

June 15 to 16

The Place

 

Phobiarama by Dries Verhoeven

June 8 to 18

King’s Cross, West Handyside Canopy

 

A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The First Act by Taylor Mac

June 28 to 30

Barbican Theatre

 

Lady Eats Apple by Back to Back Theatre

June 14 to 16

Barbican Theatre

 

Session by Still House, Empire Sounds and Steppaz

June 22 to 30

Bernie Grant Arts Centre Courtyard

 

 

Nightwalks with Teenagers by Mammalian Diving Reflex, Darren O’Donnell and Uplifters

June 1 to 3

City of London

 

Small Wonders by Punchdrunk

June 2 to July 13

Bernie Grant Arts Centre

 

Trojan Women by National Theater of Korea and National Changgeuk Company of Korea South Korea

June 2 to 3

Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall

 

Creation (Pictures for Dorian) by Gob Squad

June 4 to 7

Southbank Centre, Purcell Room

 

Mercenary by Ahil Ratnamohan

June 21 to 23

Battersea Arts Centre

These Rooms by ANU and CoisCeeim Dance Theatre

June 4 to 22

Shoreditch Town Hall

 

Fatherland by Scott Graham (for Frantic Assembly), Karl Hyde and Simon Stephens

May 25 to June 23

Lyric Hammersmith

 

Nocturne by Krista Burane and Andy Field

With collaborators Ieva Kaulina and Erik Eriksson

June 27 to 29

The Albany, Deptford

 

New International Voices by Poetra Asantewa and Kwame Boafo Ghana

June 22 to 23

Battersea Arts Centre

 

East Wall

July 18 to 22

Tower of London