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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…
Mimbre’s World

Follow us into a world where magic, mystery and adventure reach out into the every day, and where nothing – not even gravity – can hold us down. Featured performer and co-founder of Mimbre Silvia Fratelli guides us on this beautiful journey through the woods, ballrooms and darkest corners of Mimbre’s breath-taking world. Featuring…
Mimbre at Women Of the World festival

Some images from Mimbre performing an extract from our new show If I Could I Would at WOW at Southbank Centre this year. Last year’s WOW festival inspired us for some of the themes dealt with in the new show – like everyday sexism and super(s)heroes – and today again we came away with inspiration…
Exciting times!

We got a Mimbre fantastic spring coming up! Here’s a list of upcoming events, do join us! We’ll be at Women of the World (WOW) Festival on the 12 March with a short extract from our new show, If I could I would in the central bar at Royal Festival Hall, 1.50 pm, more details here! No…
Mimbre seeking new Board members

We are currently looking to expand our Board of Trustees and are searching for dynamic individuals from all walks of life to help us develop our work over the coming years and to support the strategic development of the company. Mimbre is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation with funding secured until 2018. We have…
Composer & Costume Designer update

We are very pleased with all the amazing applicants for the composer and costume design jobs at Mimbre. As of the closing date last week, we received more than 250 applications. We were planning on having a short list and interviews by now – but due to the overwhelming response things have understandably slowed down. We…
Costume Designer Wanted – Updated again!!

Mimbre is looking for a costume designer to complete the creative team for its upcoming acrobatic show “If I could I would”. The designer would be working in partnership with the Artistic Director to create the costumes for 3 female acrobats.
Composer Wanted – Updated!!!

Mimbre is looking for a composer to complete the creative team for its upcoming show “If I could I would”. The composer would be working in partnership with the Artistic Director to compose a 30-40 minutes long musical score for the performance.