Lissy Lovett

Women’s History Month

In honour of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day on the 8th March, we will be posting a series of blogs featuring women that have made HERstory, stories from the remarkable women we work with and other pieces that commemorate and celebrate women. We hope that reading these stories will inspire you. If you…
Mimbre on the shoulders of migrants

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 led for young people or the events we have…
Choreography masterclass at SUGLA

Last December, we returned to Ljubljana to teach an acrobatics and creative choreography masterclass at SUGLA, one the few Street Theatre Schools in Europe. We’ve been teaching this module ever since the 1st generation of students walked through the school’s doors in 2007. Developing the module has been a great learning curve. It has helped us formalise our experience and…
Looking back at Mimbre’s 2016

Despite the upheavals and uncertainty of 2016, we’ve been lucky to have an exciting year filled with amazing projects and fantastic collaborators. Sometimes it is the small things that builds up to make a difference and we hope our work has done a little bit to provide inspiration, hope and strength in an ever changing…
Audition: Female performer/flyer for ‘If I could I would’

We are looking for a highly talented female performer to join us in our latest outdoor production If I could I would, touring in summer 2017. For more information on the show, the position, and how to apply please download the application pack below. Deadline on Monday 14th November at 10:00am, audition workshop on the…
Recruitment: Executive Director

Following the resignation of Mimbre’s long-standing Executive Director, Emma Forster (she’s off pursuing new adventures in the digital world), we are now looking for a new person to fill in the post. Please take a look at the application pack for more information on the post and how to apply. Deadline on Monday 7th November at 10:00am. Executive Director…
Mimbre’s Youth Programme is back for autumn 2016!

Mimbre believes that teaching young people a new acrobatic move or a complicated dance step will help build their confidence, aspirations and perseverance. Mimbre offers classes for young people in Hackney to learn acrobatics and street dance in a safe, fun and supportive environment with professional artists. Through our youth program we teach young people…
Discover our world (on video)

Summer is (somewhat) officially here and we hope you – like us – have been enjoying the warm weather. To make it even better we’ve put together a few short and sweet videos highlighting some of the amazing projects we’ve worked on this year. (Oh, and a full length opera if you have more time on…
Read Silvia’s story

Our joint-artistic director, Silvia Fratelli is featured in ISAN’s member spotlight column. Here’s a little snippet, click on the link for the whole story. […] ISAN:What’s the best artistic advice you’ve been given? SF:I grew up in a fairly conventional Italian family, but my mum was quite forward thinking and a very positive female role…
If I could I would preview

We have been in rehearsals with If I could I would for the past two weeks and we are proud to say that we now have a new show on our hands! On the last day of rehearsals we we invited some friends and colleagues to watch the run through before the show hit the road (we were…