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Bench goes to Bath

The Bench show is now officially on tour after a sun blessed outdoors premier in Bath this weekend! I went with the performers for this first gig, as I know what a difference it makes when you bring a show outdoors – you just never quite know what happens to it. The setting and the…
Digital R&D

Hi All, We’ve just come back from an amazing week of research and development at 101 and we wanted to share some of the amazing images and footage with you. We were exploring the possibilities of physical performance and digital interactive technologies with three acrobats and the amazing projection designer Eva Auster. All the photos are…
Bench première – video clip

We are unfortunately still having issues uploading pictures to our website – so for all of you who couldn’t make it to the premiere of our new show at Laban and Greenwich Dance Agency‘s festival “Crossing the Creek”, have a look at the short video clip below! It’s just a rough edit, but it should give you…
Recruiting – Administrator

We’re looking for a part-time Administrator to join our team, assisting in the producing and touring of innovative, outdoor circus-theatre across the UK and Europe. The role is for 2 days a week and based in our office in Dalston. The successful candidate will: Have a demonstrable interest in a career in arts administration, particularly…
Bench Première

Hi all, we’re very pleased to announce some more details about our première of Bench next week. The show will be part of the Crossing The Creek family dance weekend at Greenwich Dance and Laban on 11th and 12th April. This event will be indoors and is a great, weather-proof chance to preview the show…
We’re Recruiting For A Scenographer/Visual Content Producer

As our regular readers will know we’re currently developing a new performance for summer 2015. We are now recruiting for a core member of the creative team – the Scenographer/Visual Content Producer. The show, “Time”, will be a highly visual production, using digital projection techniques, acrobatics, dance, film, animations and imagery to explore one of…
Photos and thoughts from Bench rehearsals

Director Lina Johansson reflects from the rehearsals of Bench: The idea for Bench started like a small simple frame for a show – a set made as a park bench – allowing us to plant the show in the reality of where it is performed, in a park, street, square and use the reality of…
National Youth Circus Event 2014

Some of our young people recently took part in the National Youth Circus Event, which took place from February 21st – 23rd at Circus Space in London. This event celebrates UK youth circus through workshops, masterclasses, professional performances, professional development for circus performers and teachers as well as the opportunity for youth circus groups to showcase…
Mimbre Have Some Big Plans!

We are in the process of planning for 2015-18, and we’ve got some amazing projects in the pipeline. We wanted to let you know what we had on the cards and where there might be opportunities to work with us and make these projects happen. We’re in the process of applying to the Arts Council to remain in the…
Photos of our young people at Hackney Live

Last week we started the creation process of our new show TIME and spent a week at Hackney Live (led by Hackney Council and supported by Arts Council England) developing the first steps and ideas for what is going to be an amazing show, merging acrobatics, dance, video projections and animations by Magali Charrier to explore the precise and…