Current Shows
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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…
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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.
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Calling for experienced stage manager
‘Wondrous Strange’ Royal Shakespeare Company Stratford commissioned Mimbre to create a special one-off performance celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare’s legacy.The show will be performed twice on the grounds of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23rd April Show duration: 30mins approx Rehearsal dates 11th – 16th 2016 April in London at RSC’s rehearsal facilities Clapham 18th…
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Mimbre’s Spring & Summer Show Announcements
We are delighted to announce Mimbre’s exciting plans for Spring & Summer 2016 with 2 shows available to go on tour! Our new show If I Could I Would will premier in May and will go on the road with Bench– back by popular demand! If I Could I would – a self-contained and easy to tour 3 hander – is…
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Polymer
We went to the Udderbelly festival to watch the national circus’ graduate show: Polymer, which was directed by our very own Lina Johansson. Last year, she worked with the same group of very talented circus performers and brought us Mergence. This year, Polymer builds on the elements of the past show – bringing us a performance that showcases…
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Tour Chronicles: Waddesdon Manor, 20 – 21 June
Having done art A level at school, I was ecstatic to be performing right in front of a Henry Moore sculpture! The bench fit into the surroundings beautifully and despite a terrible forecast we managed to perform 3 and a half times out of four, which was really lucky. The audiences really enjoyed the piece…
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Tour Chronicles: Bremen La Strada, 13-14 June 2015
A few weeks ago the ladies set out on the long journey to La Strada Festival in Bremen. I hadn’t heard of the festival before but as it turns out La Strada is the biggest street performance festival in Germany, setting a stage for innovative street theatre and cirque nouveau. It’s been running for 21 years…
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Thank you Twitter!
A few days ago I went through our twitter feed and downloaded many cool pictures from Bench taken by fans throughout the tour! Thought it would be nice to share some of them on here, and also take a moment to thank the lovely people who come watch the show, leave a comment on Facebook/twitter/email/in…
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Tour Chronicles: Fries Straat Festival Holland, 30-31 May 2015 (Updates)
The girls had a great time in Holland, despite being stuck in Antwerp for hours with two toddlers in the van and then some rain in Holland! They managed to perform 3 out of 4 shows, and apparently the kids were the most amazing travel partners! And the usual monkeying around! We also received some…
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Tour Chronicles: Fries Straat Festival Holland, 30-31 May 2015
We are on our way to Fries Straat Festival in the north of Holland! We’ve never been there before, but the program and the festival seem very exciting! We’re really looking forward to all the music and circus, especially Circus Ronaldo! We were also in Holland last week at the Kunsten Op Straat Festival! We received…
