Company News

Looking Back at Orfeo

I wanted to throw a glance back at the amazing and intense production of Orfeo which I was part of this winter, clearly not having learnt anything from the story (if only Orfeo wouldn’t have looked back at Eurydice they would have lived happily ever after…), with some thoughts and reflections on how this ambitious…
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…
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…
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…
Good News!

Mimbre are incredibly proud to have been offered continued support by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation. We’ve got plans for bigger, more exciting and more innovative acrobatic theatre and the support and recognition of ACE will help us to achieve that. In the coming years you will see us performing in flats…
Bench at Greenwich and Docklands International Festival this weekend

Mimbre’s new performance Bench, coming to Greenwich and Docklands International Festival in London as part of Greenwich Fair this weekend the 21-22 June and Tuesday the 24th of June at Dancing City. Here Lina Johansson – joint Artistic Director for Mimbre, share a little window into the process of creating Bench. An annoying bug in our system…
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…