MA placement ast LIFT

As part of my Applied Drama MA at Goldsmiths I am doing a placement at LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre). LIFT have spent the last two decades bringing theatre from different parts of the world to London. They have an archive of all this experience which will conveniently be based at Goldsmiths college and part of my remit is to develop user friendly ways into accessing it and inspiring other user groups to access it too. This will culminate in designing workshops to take into schools, colleges etc LIFT have been committed to staging theatre in very unlikely venues and their philosophy is pretty much summed up by Phakarna, an arts exchange programme from South Africa "Everyone irrespective of age, experience or culture, has equally something to give and gain from each other." I am hoping this placement will also influence my work among young people. Check out my pics of Sultans elephant which came to London a few years ago as part of LIFTS 06 festival.