Company News

  • Meet our new performers!

    We’re in the midst of the production of our new show Bench, directed by our Artistic Director Lina Johansson. a show about the everyday dance of life, our urban landscape, and a cavalcade of characters who come and go; viewed through the eyes of a woman who observes, makes friends, confronts or ignores the people…

  • Mimbre Youth Classes This Spring

    SPRING PROGRAMME OF CLASSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 2014 Below are details of the classes we are running this term. Due to funding cuts we have had to reduce our programme of classes for young people, we are working hard to get more classes up and running again and have exciting opportunities to get the programme extended…

  • In the workshop of Bench’s set designer

    In the workshop of Bench’s set designer

    You might have already heard… we are in the process of creating a new show called Bench to be premiered next April! This is a very exciting process for everybody involved, including the designers and Artistic Directors! Silvia, one of our Joint Artistic Directors, paid our set designer Michalis Kokkoliadis a visit today to see his first…

  • Family Day at Milton Gardens

    Family Day at Milton Gardens

    Our young people are getting better and better at acrobatics and street dance and for last week we gave them the challenge to lead an open class! Everyone (including the 4 year-olds) prepared one move to teach, be it a warm-up move, stretch or dance move and the older kids also prepared little routines. They…

  • Lina Johansson on taking part in Gary Clarke’s Lustrum

    I am working on Gary Clarke’s Lustrum this week – a project where 15 choreographers makes 5 pieces of work (a solo, duet, trio, quartet and quintet) within 5 days, using each other as performers. The piece you are a performer in is the only one you are not allowed to choreograph for, pretty much…

  • Mimbre Circus Central Video Online

    Finally we got this short video from our festival up and running again after some technical problems. For those of you who weren’t there – take a brief look at what you missed, for those of you who were there – a memory of the last summer day… Enjoy the autumn setting in and leaves…

  • Another Reason to be Chearful

    Another Reason to be Chearful

    It will come as no surprise to those of you who know the company off-stage that we are very conscious of our role as a female-led company in the performing arts. We believe everyone, men and women, single or otherwise, parent or not, should have the best chance they can have to pursue the career…

  • Mimbre Are Auditioning

        EXTENDED DEADLINE TO 4TH NOVEMBER AND ADDITIONAL AUDITION DATES! We’re looking for acro-balance performers to come and work with the company on our new show, Bench. We are looking for experienced, female acro-balance performers, middle and base, with a minimum of 2 years professional performing experience, to be part of our show, Bench.…

  • Mimbre Circus Central – Winning Image of a Beautiful Day

    So following on from the amazing success of our first festival, Mimbre Circus Central,  you may remember that we were running a photo competition for the best image of the day…and the wondeful winning image is: What a lovely shot from Kirsten, that shows the day in all it’s have-fun-and-get-involved glory! Kirsten has won a Digital…

  • Bench – Mimbre’s New Show for 2014

    ‘Bench’ – Mimbre new production 2014 A woman sits on a bench and watches the world pass by…. A Bench: in a park, on the street, in a square; sitting, sleeping, climbing, jumping, meeting, reading, gossiping. Making friends. Ageing. Rejuvenating. Bench is Mimbre’s new show for 2014, an outdoor show with 3 performers, easy to…