Hackney Activities

  • Volunteers and Stewards Needed

    Hi to all our lovely followers and friends! As I hope you’ve seen on the blog/facebook etc over the last week we have an amazing event coming up. On the 7th September you are all invited to Mimbre Circus Central our Hackney take-over, with performances, workshops and activities for everyone!

  • Mimbre Circus Central

    We’re hosting Mimbre Circus Central, an amazing day of performance and workshops in Hackney in September, come and join us! 7th September 2013 – 12pm-5pm Taking advantage of the temporary pedestrianisation on the Narrow Way at the top of Mare Street (E8 1HY), Mimbre will be taking over the whole area for a day. With…

  • Hackney WOW!

    Lina spent some time with the Hackney WOW cubs Kitty and Alma yesterday to teach them some tricks and talk to them about what we’ll be getting up to at the Dalston Children’s Festival on Saturday.

  • Mimbre at Dalston Children’s Festival

    This Saturday, May 25th, the Dalston Children’s Festival will be launched, a new community-led festival that promotes fun and free things to do for children and young people, all over Dalston, all summer long (25th May – 31st Aug 2013). It is a celebration of the extraordinary creativity of Dalston’s community and the resourcefulness and…

  • Collective Movement Festival – Feedback

    We had a wonderful time at our first Collective Movement Festival the weekend before Easter and thank everybody, especially all our young people, the volunteers and the numerous audience members who together helped make it such a great success! Also, we’d like to thank everybody for the nice feedback and supporting our aim to raise…

  • Mimbre’s Collective Movement Festival

    Mimbre would like to say a massive THANK YOU to all those who came and supported our very first Collective Movement Festival last Saturday.

  • mimbre at Discover Young Hackney

    mimbre presents Acrobatics and Street Dance Lessons for Young People Aged 13-19 Years Old Join in the Discover Young Hackney hype by attending mimbre’s FREE acrobatics and street dance drop-in sessions at half-term. You can choose one that interests you most – or attend all three!

  • Mimbre’s youth group at Hackney Empire

    We at mimbre are so proud of our youth group, the Step Up group, who delivered a fantastic performance last Friday at Hackney Empire as part of the Discover Young Hackney Festival! VERY WELL DONE EVERYBODY!!! Below is a sneak review of the last instructions and back-stage preparations for the performance and the dress rehearsal…

  • Creative Weekend with the Step Up group

    Hey mimbre followers, We had a fantastic weekend with mimbre’s young company – the Step Up group. They spent the entire weekend working hard to create a performance for the Discover Young Hackney – Festival opening ceremony at the Hackney Empire this Friday (1st of February). The show has flips, twirls and lifts. Have a…

  • Spring Term 2013

    Dear mimbre members, The term starts this week, so welcome back! We have planned a fantastic term for you! From now up until march our sessions will focus on your creativity, but we still plan to pack loads of acrobatics, dance, fun and games into the sessions as well.