By Lina Johansson I love circus – doing it, creating shows with it and teaching it. With my work I try to share the beauty of circus and I also try to use it in ways where I hope it might make a difference, however little:...
We are looking for broken or discarded circus, theatre and musical equipment that can be part of the elaborate set for our new show The Exploded Circus. You can refer to the image above for examples, and we are particularly looking for: Broken/old juggling clubs, rings, hula-hoops Discarded ropes,...
Mimbre is extremely pleased to remain a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England in today’s announcements and we look forward to maintaining our contribution to the excellence of the arts in England alongside ACE in the coming years. One of our founding beliefs is...
By Lina Johansson, Joint Artistic Director Mimbre For #1DayWithoutUs - celebrating the contribution of migrants to UK, I thought it appropriate to share Mimbre’s story - which is utterly balanced and built on international travel, migration and collaborations. If you ever enjoyed any of our shows, the classes we...
Some images from Mimbre performing an extract from our new show If I Could I Would at WOW at Southbank Centre this year. Last year's WOW festival inspired us for some of the themes dealt with in the new show - like everyday sexism and super(s)heroes - and today again we came away with inspiration by the many fantastic women and the great energy.
I wanted to throw a glance back at the amazing and intense production of Orfeo which I was part of this winter, clearly not having learnt anything from the story (if only Orfeo wouldn't have looked back at Eurydice they would have lived happily ever...
Taster Day and Audition for Orfeo Are you aged 11-21 and interested in circus, dance and opera? Would you be interested in performing in a professional production on the main stage at The Roundhouse? Then this opportunity is for you! Working under the direction of Michael Boyd...
I am working on an exciting collaboration this autumn - Monteverdi's L'Orfeo - A Royal Opera and Roundhouse Co-production in association with East London Dance. I will work as Circus Choreographer together with Movement Director Liz Rankin, (formerly of DV8), to train and choreograph a group of young people alongside...
Mimbre's new performance Bench, coming to Greenwich and Docklands International Festival in London as part of Greenwich Fair this weekend the 21-22 June and Tuesday the 24th of June at Dancing City. Here Lina Johansson – joint Artistic Director for Mimbre, share a little window into the...