Mark Ball

Mark Ball

Artistic director of LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre)
Launched originally in 1980 as an international student theatre festival in London, the following year it was officially founded under the name LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre) as the first international theatre festival in the United Kingdom. Held biennially since then, LIFT continued to bring innovation to the London performing arts scene with programs of cutting edge and experimental performing arts from around the world (sixty countries by 2001) and moves like using non-theatre venues for performances. After becoming a year-round festival for a while, but when Mark Ball became the festival’s artistic director 2009 it returned to biennial holdings from the following year.