Lyn Gardner talks to Lois Keidan on 20 years of the Live Art Development Agency

For March 2019 LADA's Co-founder and Director Lois Keidan was asked to be Guest Editor of Run Riot, to help mark LADA's 20th anniversary celebrations.

As part of this, acclaimed culture critic Lyn Gardner interviewed Lois about her steadfast and creative direction of LADA over 20 years, describing her as one of the arts world’s greatest enablers.

Read the full interview here.

Banner image credit:

Lois with Bonzo at LADA 2018. Bonzo is Marcia Farquhar and Jem Finer’s dog. Image credit: Alex Eisenberg.

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