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Pictures from Garsington Opera’s Rusalka

We’re excited to share some beautiful production pictures from Garsington Opera’s Rusalka that our joint-Artistic Director Lina Johansson worked on as its circus choreographer. She worked on it with her great team of woodnymphs: circus performers Parkey, Victoria McManus, Lauren Jamieson, Sophie Earl, Sophie Northmore and Lisa Whitmore and singers Marlena Devoe, Heather Lowe, Stephanie…
We’re in the Hackney Gazette!

Look Mum, we’re in the Hackney Gazette!Last Friday, our Daryl & Co co-production Look Mum, No Hands! shared the stage with multiple para swimming champion Ellie Simmonds, silver medalist sprinter Christine Ohuruogu, students of our Hackney neighbours Gainsborough Primary School and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Read the article and watch out for this photo…
Here comes the summer!

Listing of free summer shows and activities for young people in Hackney and London Summer 2022 Take the chance to come to one of Mimbre’s shows at one of these exciting free outdoor festivals in London or to join in with other local inspiring activities for young people and families. Also information about food deals…
Reviews from Garsington Opera’s Rusalka – Lina is Circus Choreographer on the opera

Wonderful reviews of Garsington Opera’s Rusalka! Mimbre’s joint Artistic Director, Lina Johansson, worked on Rusalka as its circus choreographer, bringing in the stunning visuals and strength of acrobatics and aerials! Read from some of the reviews:Five stars from The Stage: “His [dir. Jack Furness] approach focuses on the essentials of narrative, character and situation. With…
Our approach to: Menstruation

Welcome to this instalment of our blog posts about Mimbre’s approach to various subjects across outdoor arts, circus and running a company. We’re publishing our Executive Director Lissy Lovett’s summary of the presentation she made at the ITC Members Forum Dignity at Work Forum: Menstruation & Menopause. We’re sharing the resources that were discussed too…
My time at Mimbre as a Kickstart Company Trainee, by Tyaine

This is a guest blog post by Tyaine Wright-Shirley, who was our brilliant Company Trainee coming through the Kickstart Scheme. She brought a fresh perspective and was a quick learner and great support for our team. Tyaine worked with us for six months from 6 October 2021 – 5 April 2022. My name is Tyaine…
A few pictures from ‘Look Mum, No Hands!’ at Norfolk & Norwich Festival

We wanted to share some fantastic pictures by @sasastro from our weekend at Norfolk & Norwich Festival at the Garden Party! Have a look at the rest of the pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sasastro/sets/72177720299139105/with/52089568913/
Lifted Easy Read and Audio Introduction

Welcome. We can’t wait for you to attend a performance of Lifted. We hope you’ll have a great time. At Mimbre, making this show as accessible to our audiences as possible is key. So we’ve created an Easy Read introduction and visual story synopsis for our audiences to look at before they attend and An Audio…
Support Mimbre Youth – let the summer begin!

Let the Mimbre Summer begin! Help to support our youth programme to be fully rebuilt now that we can be in-person again, allowing young people access to fun physical skills, inspiring creative activities and the feeling of community! Mimbre has been running a youth programme of acrobatics and street-dance classes on housing estates in Hackney…
Dealing with Brexit: Open Conversations held by XTRAX

We were invited to speak at this open conversations by XTRAX and we’d love for you to join if it would also benefit your touring research and efforts. This event will be an opportunity to hear from The Show Globe and us –two outdoor arts companies- after having just crossed the Channel to perform at…