Lissy Lovett

When Words Are Not Enough: seeking a dramaturg/writer

This position is from 2020 and now closed. Following on from the success of The Exploded Circus, Dior Dream Parade and Lifted, Mimbre’s When Words Are Not Enough (working title) is a new indoor show continuing the collaboration between award-winning designer Loren Elstein, director Lina Johansson and Mimbre’s all-female cast. Mimbre’s work could be described…
Our Approach To: Touring with Children

Mimbre turned 21 recently, so in the coming months we thought we’d share a few thoughts about some of the things we’ve learned across the years. To begin, here’s our Joint Artistic Director Silvia Fratelli (mother of Dylan and Frida), writing about how Mimbre approaches touring with children: In this post I’ll be talking about…
Help support Mimbre’s Youth Programme

Mimbre provide fun acrobatics and street dance classes to young people in Hackney, celebrating creativity, physicality and their community. This Holiday Season, we need your help to keep the programme available to everyone, regardless of income.
Join Mimbre’s Board

This position is from 2019 and now closed. Mimbre would like to expand its Board and we’re looking for new Trustees from all walks of life who would like to join us. With Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation funding confirmed up until 2022, a tour of outdoor acrobatic show Lifted and a new indoor production…
New Term for Youth Programme

Street Dance & Acrobatics Classes Mimbre offers classes for young people in Hackney to learn acrobatics and street dance in a safe, fun and supportive environment with professional artists. Tuesdays Milton Gardens Community Centre Shakspeare Walk, Stoke Newington, London N16 8TL The Autumn term will resume from 17th September – 3rd December 2019 (with a break on…
Mimbre Youth Perform Skyline

On Friday 2nd August, ten of the young people from Mimbre’s youth programme performed their new production Skyline in Aldgate Square as part of the City of London’s Fantastic Feats festival. Using human pyramids, street dance and movements that mirror London’s skyline and symbolise the rise and growth of the city, this highly visual show filled…
BUMP | New short film by Mimbre and Arthur Le FOL

Mimbre have once again teamed up with filmaker Arthur Le FOL to create our latest short film. BUMP challenges and deconstructs social expectations around people’s bodies during pregnancy. Joint artistic director Silvia wanted to show how pregnancy and movement can happily coexist. BUMP celebrates pregnant people’s bodies, and dispels the myths that movement in pregnancy is…
Lifted | Rosy Roberts

With our rehearsals for new production Lifted drawing to a close, we caught up with performer and Mimbre regular Rosy Roberts to chat about the show. First working with us on If I could I would and going on to be part of the cast for both Wonderous Strange and one of the 18 acrobats for…
Interview with Arthur Bernard Bazin

This week has been the last of our three week-long choreographic laboratories, and our third and final guest choreographer is Arthur Bernard Bazin from HURyCAN. We caught up with him in the rehearsal room for a chat. How would you describe your practice? We make a lot of movement, we are dancing. Some call it dancing, some…
Interview with Gary Clarke

Last week, our Lifted cast had their second laboratory with a guest choreographer, this time the brilliant Gary Clarke. We caught up with him for a chat about what acrobats can learn from contemporary dance. How would you describe your practice? I think my practice changes from project to project, depending on the people that…