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Sean Gandini on Heka / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney5 months ago

Gandini Juggling is an ever-evolving ensemble made up of a virtuosic core group of jugglers, they regularly expand to include…

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Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux and Sandrine Heyraud on Dimanche / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney5 months ago5 months ago

MimeLondon’s 2025 programme concludes with the London premiere of Dimanche by Belgian companies Focus & Chaliwaté at Sadler’s Wells Peacock…

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Matteo Frau and Mina Trapp on Five Lines / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney5 months ago5 months ago

Led by Matteo Frau and Mina Trapp, Frau Trapp brings their show Five Lines to this year’s MimeLondon festival in…

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Yngvild Aspeli on Moby Dick / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney5 months ago5 months ago

Yngvild Aspeli directs this stage adaptation of Herman Melville’s great novel about ambition, obsession and the power of nature, featuring…

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James Riordan and Raymond Keane on Not a Word / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney5 months ago5 months ago

Celebrating those who ‘took the boat’, a forgotten class of Irish emigrants who helped build countries that were not their…

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Estelle Charlier and Martin Kaspar Orkestar on La Manékine / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney5 months ago5 months ago

Created by Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet in 2003, La Pendue create distinctive puppetry performances that tackle complex narratives. Based…

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All Points East review: Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service & more

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

We report from All Points East festival in Victoria Park, London on Sunday 25 August Yo La Tengo (★★★★☆), famed…

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All Points East review: LCD Soundsystem & more

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

We report from All Points East festival in Victoria Park, London on Friday 23 August NewDad (★★★☆☆) deliver what is…

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Sam Hume on bringing magic and circus to Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

Sam Hume, Justin Williams and Magnus ‘Danger’ Magnus of Showmen Production bring three shows to this year’s Edinburgh – Greatest…

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Alison Larkin on Grief… A Comedy / Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Jim Keaveney10 months ago10 months ago

The English-American writer/comedian returns to the UK with the world premiere of this ‘improbably funny, life-affirming, bright bauble of a…

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