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Summer 2014 – What a year!

We’ve had such a great summer at Mimbre! Here are some of our highlights. (Photo credit: Marcos Avlonitis, Talula Sheppard) At the start of the summer we were offered continued support by the Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation. We are incredibly proud to have been selected amongst…
Bench Summer Tour Ends

After more than 60 performances, 16 festivals, and 12 different cities, we can safely say that Bench has had a brilliant summer! Our little travelling show was made better by supportive audiences in each town! Thank you for watching and thank you for playing along!
Orfeo Taster Audition

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 (former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company)…
Taster Day for Exiting Performance Project L’Orfeo

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 (former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare…
Mimbre Circus Central this Saturday 20th September!

We’re very excited to announce the schedule for our 2nd annual Mimbre Circus Central festival in Hackney Central. The event is on the pedestrianised portion at the north end of Mare Street, very close to Hackney Central Station. The programme this year is so much fun. The festival will open with the lovely Mrs H…
Mimbre Circus Central is back!

For the second year running we’re hosting Mimbre Circus Central, an amazing day of performance and workshops in Hackney Central, come and join us! Following last year’s success we’re back on 20th September – 1pm-5:30pm with performances by Mrs H and the Singalong Band, That Juggler, Folk Dance Remixed , Mimbre and some amazingly talented local…
Lina Johansson Circus Choreographer in exciting collaboration for L’Orfoe this winter – Paid Assistant Artist post available to join the collaboration

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 the professional opera singers for the gripping story of Orpheo (the…
Watching the World Go By, on Dalston Square

We are very excited to be showcasing Watching the World Go By this Saturday on Dalston Square! Last month we ran the show at Watch This Space, with the participation and performance of our very talented youth company. This Saturday we will be joined by members of our youth company again, and also other local…
Watch this Space & Great British Carnival weekender!

We had a brilliant weekend at Mimbre. The whole company including our youth group headed down to St John’s Church on Saturday for a double bill performance of Watching the World Go By. The show takes our Bench production as a starting point and introduces our youth company’s take on street life! The kids made…
Milton Gardens Family Day

Our family day went really well this past Saturday! We had up to 20 kids performing their end of year pieces which included jack in the box sketches (pictures to follow)! Everyone was being extremely helpful and the parents set-up and ran our dessert and coffee area. Thanks to their wonderful organisation we managed to…