Lissy Lovett
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Announcing our pilot Associate Director Programme
We are excited to announce Mimbre’s Pilot Associate Director Programme, where we have invited six performers and collaborators to learn more about how our company works and bring fresh eyes to help shape our forward looking plans for the next five years. The programme will include mentoring for all of our supported artists, to support…
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Open letter in support of immigration to UK Visas and Immigration and the UK government
We are a performance company as well as a registered charity, so in general we try not to comment on politics. However in recent weeks we have seen potential benefit cuts that will negatively affect the disabled performers and creatives we work with, further marginalisation of our trans friends and colleagues, and now the government…
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Jack Petchey Winner 2025!
We’re thrilled to become part of the Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Awards which recognise young people’s achievements and commitment. At the Mimbre Youth Programme, we’re passionate about fostering creativity, resilience and confidence, and we’re excited to celebrate one of our own participants who has shown exceptional dedication, creativity, and progress. Congratulations to Ruslana for being…
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Look Mum, Let’s Talk About Disability: One Year Later
In 2024, Mimbre and Daryl & Co. created ‘Look Mum, Let’s Talk About Disability’, a series of six short films tackling some of the most common (and often unspoken) questions about disability—questions we heard time and time again while touring ‘Look Mum, No Hands!’. The project was inspired by our work with young audiences and…
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Exploring Acrobatics & Movement: A Creative and Inclusive Workshop
Date: Saturday, 15th March 2025Time: 3pmLocation: Tripspace, 339 Acton Mews, London E8 4EADuration: 4 hours This workshop will be led by Mimbre’s Joint Artistic Director Lina Johansson. It will focus on a mix of movement, acrobatics, partner techniques and creative approaches in how these skills can be used in different choreographic and theatrical ways. The…
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Join Mimbre’s Board 2025
Mimbre are a female-led producing company, creating delicate, breathtaking and highly-skilled acrobatic theatre for audiences in outdoor and unusual settings, touring nationally and internationally, with a strong digital presence. We collaborate across the Creative Industries, as consultants and creators. We run a vibrant local youth programme and an Artist Development Programme for physical performers. We…
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Looking Back At Mimbre’s 2024
It’s time for a super quick round-up of Mimbre’s year before we charge on through to 2025. First of all we’d like to celebrate our shows! In 2024 we had three shows on the road: Our new production Weight(less) – “Such a wonderful show, loved how the personality from characters was shown. I wasn’t expecting to have it…
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The Glass Hermit
Our Joint Artistic Director, Lina Johansson, was recently movement director for this gorgeous film, The Glass Hermit, from the incredible Shona Heath. The physical world that Shona, Lina, Mimbre performer Ruby Gaskill, Resolution Rigging and Shona Heath’s wider team created was then enhanced by AI. Check out the ‘Making Of’ film here to find out…
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Our approach to financing touring
We recently put together this touring case study, along with several other colleagues in the artist-led sector, to share with Arts Council England. You can read all of the different case studies on Tangled Feet’s website here. Tangled Feet have also pulled out some common themes. We’re sharing how we’re finding the touring circuit at…
