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TURFED - LIFT 2014

'Yearningly beautiful and moving' Lyn Gardner, The Guardian ****

Turfed used the philosophy of football to explore the global issue of youth homelessness

“You can be born in a winning team, with good parents, that coach you, cheer for you. Or you can be born in a losing team: you might be good at playing the game but no one is there to explain the rules, to cheer for you.”

A cast of young artists — some of whom have experienced homelessness in London, while others have been street children in Tanzania, the Philippines and Brazil — used spoken word, sharp choreography and stunning visuals to shine a light on the global issue of youth homelessness. Taking inspiration from the double meaning of the title (the turf of a football pitch, and what it is to be turfed out of home), they transformed the industrial hangar of Hackney Downs Studios with intimate performances of passion,rebellion and hope.

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