Lissy Lovett

Performer call out

Performer call out for a paid opportunity to train! We are looking for two Disabled performers who are wheelchair users to join Daryl Beeton Productions and us in an Inclusive Acrobatics Residency with specialist trainer Rick Rogers (ParaCheer coach, former performer at Candoco and at London Paralympics opening ceremony)Since 2019 Daryl Beeton Productions and Mimbre…
#BluePrint2021 funding for Look Mum No Hands

We are grateful to receive funding from WIthout Walls to be able to continue working on Look Mum No Hands with Daryl Beeton Productions as part of the #Blueprint2021. With this support, Daryl Beeton Productions and Mimbre are entering a second period of R&D for the production. We truly are in great company, meet all…
Mimbre is teaching Sofa Acrobatics at the Dublin Dance Festival

Turn slouching on your sofa into an art form with the creators of The Sofa Dance. Join Mimbre’s acrobats for a family movement session, using each other for support and your sofa as a crashmat to explore some fun movement and adventurous shapes! Session details: When: Sun 30 May at 11am & 2pmWhere: Live Zoom eventDuration:…
Our approach to: Working with high physicality outdoors

Working with high physicality outdoors: challenges and solutions by Lina Johansson, Mimbre acrobats. Since everyone is currently talking about outdoor theatre, we thought it worth sharing Lina Johansson’s talk at the recent online European Federation for Education and Training in Street Arts online conference in Slovenia more widely. Here Lina outlines some of the challenges…
Mimbre Youth Street Dance and Acrobatics park sessions to resume

After a long zoom winter, we are really excited to be restarting in-person classes, held outdoors. Details Date: Tuesdays for 8 weeks between 27th April – 22nd June.Location: outdoor in Butterfield GreenTimes for the two groups:+ 4pm – 5pm: circus games, dance fitness and fun – this is more of a lighter come-back, focusing more on just…
#MySofaDance Workshop for Adults

Join us this weekend for a lighthearted #MySofaDance joint-choreo creation workshop! How to dance in your sofa without spilling the contents of your drink or how to look like you’re making an effort when actually you are just lying down tapping your fingers… Led by co-Artistic Director of Mimbre Lina Johansson and a Mimbre performer,…
Wishing you a strong International Women’s Day

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” Audre Lorde Did you know this year’s International Women’s Day campaign is #ChooseToChallenge?So let’s ask ourselves where and how and what we choose to challenge? What does that mean to us? Among many things, Mimbre has…
Mimbre is teaching Sofa Acrobatics at The Spark Festival

Learn step by step how to do your own Sofa Dance with Mimbre acrobats at the Spark festival! We are excited to participate in The Spark Festival organised by The Spark Arts for Children. Our acrobats will hold movement sessions for the whole family, using each other for support and your sofa as a crashmat!…
Mimbre Youth Classes

If you want a little change from the lockdown schedule join the Mimbre Youth Programme this January – March for a new term of online workshops in a variety of dance, acrobatics, circus and creative skills. This term gives participants a chance to learn a variety of different skills and to create their own choreographies.…
Mimbre Van and The Hackney Foodbank

When we realised that the Mimbre van couldn’t go on tour this year we decided to put it to use locally and Mimbre’s AD Lina Johansson set up a network with her local mutual aid group to collect donations for The Hackney Foodbank .Between April and December we have transported 3113.5 kg of food, approximately…