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  • Stage Manager for UK & European tour

    We are recruiting a Stage Manager for this year’s UK and European tour of “Falling Up” and “Until Now” – to join us for the last period of rehearsals and on tour between May and September 2013. 

  • 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.

  • This was my 2012! – a year’s review by Lina Johansson mimbre joint artistic director

    Just as 2013 is kicking in proper I wanted to take the last chance to take a brief look back on all I achieved in 2012 – both with mimbre and together with other companies or artists. For me it was an exciting and busy year, lots that I learned and lots that I am…

  • Acrobatics Masterclass in January

    Last weekend (12th and 13th January) the Roundhouse (or at least its Studio Theatre) saw bodies being lifted, legs floating in the air and arm muscles being put under quite some pressure – as mimbre and our Acrobatics Masterclass participants took over the space. We worked on dynamic partner and group work involving lifts, jumps and throws as well…

  • Mimbre at GDIF 2012

    As followers of our work know, our show “Falling Up” also stopped at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival during last summer’s tour. We really enjoyed being part of this lovely festival and would therefore like to share some beautiful impressions of the festival, the different and colourful performances and the atmosphere that took over the whole borough…

  • Falling Up, supported by Without Walls

    Our latest show Falling Up had a great tour last summer, premiering at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and subsequently touring across the UK and Europe. We are very proud of Falling Up’s reception and all the great feedback we got along the way and thank everybody who helped make it a success – such…

  • Costume Workshop – Sat January 19th

    mimbre and London College of Fashion have set up a collaborative project to make costumes for our Step-Up acrobatic group which they will wear during the opening performance of the Discover Young Hackney Festival at Hackney Empire. The costume workshop will be held on Saturday 19th January from 10am to 4pm at London College of…

  • Acrobatic Youth Group Sharings – 11th to 13th December

    Hello mimbre friends and family, The winter term is coming to an end. All at mimbre have had a fantastic time thanks to the wonderful young people we get to work with. We would like to celebrate the term by sharing with you what the young people have created.