Current Shows

To Untouch: Mimbre at GDIF 2020

We have a new show, a live outdoor one, to share with you! We will be at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival on Saturday, 12th September. To Untouch is a new socially distanced show has been created in direct opposition to Mimbre’s usual ways of working; instead of exploring what happens when one body is carried by…
Watch Mimbre’s In the Park, a digital performance

In the Park is socially distanced show has been created specifically for the Thames Barrier Park as part of Newham Council’s digital festival: Newham Unlocked. Three acrobats play, interact and move around its beautiful landscaped features and explore what happens when they can’t touch, reinterpreting how their bodies relate to each other from a distance.…
Lifted | Rosy Roberts

With our rehearsals for new production Lifted drawing to a close, we caught up with performer and Mimbre regular Rosy Roberts to chat about the show. First working with us on If I could I would and going on to be part of the cast for both Wonderous Strange and one of the 18 acrobats for…
Interview with Arthur Bernard Bazin

This week has been the last of our three week-long choreographic laboratories, and our third and final guest choreographer is Arthur Bernard Bazin from HURyCAN. We caught up with him in the rehearsal room for a chat. How would you describe your practice? We make a lot of movement, we are dancing. Some call it dancing, some…
Interview with Gary Clarke

Last week, our Lifted cast had their second laboratory with a guest choreographer, this time the brilliant Gary Clarke. We caught up with him for a chat about what acrobats can learn from contemporary dance. How would you describe your practice? I think my practice changes from project to project, depending on the people that…
Interview with Yi-Chun Liu

For our new production Lifted, we are working with three guest choreographers to mix our trademark acrobalance movement and techniques with new styles. This week was our first of these, and we have been having a great time experimenting with Countertechnique with Yi-Chun Liu from Peeping Tom. We caught up with her to ask her some…
Cast Announcement: Fierce Sisters

We are thrilled to announce the cast for Fierce Sisters, coming to Shakespeare’s New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon from 11th-15th December. Performance devised by company. Writing by Madi Maxwell-Libby, Reece Lyons, Arielle Lauzon and William Shakespeare. Directed by Lina Johansson. Katherine – Taming of the Shrew Arielle Lauzon: From the age of six, Arielle knew that she…
Casting Call!

This position is from 2018 and now closed. AUDITION FOR ‘FIERCE SISTERS’ Mimbre is looking for three new performers for our immersive theatre production Fierce Sisters. Fierce Sisters will take place in Stratford-upon-Avon from 10th – 15th December 2018, with rehearsals in London w/c 3rd December 2018. Performer 1: Female slam poetry/rap/spoken word artist. We…
Roll up, Roll up!

Roll up, Roll up! The circus is coming to town and you’re invited to meet the characters from Mimbre’ new show The Exploded Circus. The show opens into the moment where an explosion has been frozen in time, the remnants of a big top caught mid-air – with everything from circus ring, sequins and fairground…
Alice Allart / Madame Ringmaster

Alice Allart As promised, we met up with our performers to find out more about The Exploded Circus. We asked them a few questions about their characters (possibly getting in their way), hoping to find more out about the back story for the show. We’ll introduce a new performer/character everyday starting with the amazing Alice Allart.…