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Home > Festival > A festival of mime in London

A festival of mime in London

By Caroline King - January 6, 2020Posted in : Cabaret, Dance, FEATURED-STORIES, Festival, Theatre

This month, London’s festival of contemporary visual theatre will return with a line-up of original, breath-taking, wacky and unusual productions.

Vamos Theatre - Dead Good2 - selfie © Graeme-Braidwood
Vamos Theatre’s Dead Good (Photo: Graeme Braidwood)

This year’s London International Mime Festival will see ten overseas companies join eight British groups presenting their World, UK or London premieres, including LIMF co-commissioned productions from the awe-inspiring Ockham’s Razor, the wonderfully challenging Thick & Tight, masked maestros Vamos Theatre and Told by an Idiot.

Belgium’s Peeping Tom and Kiss & Cry Collective will return with new shows; and there will be exquisite puppetry from New York and France, as well as London’s String Theatre, on its unique Puppet Theatre Barge. The programme will also include a triple-bill of silent movie classics with live jazz accompaniment, and a hilarious and deeply moving homage to the life of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel at the iconic Wilton’s Music Hall.

Tria Fata 1 © Tomas Vimmr
La Pendue’s Tria Fata (Photo: Tomas Vimmr)

This year’s quirky highlights will include dancing hands, intricate sets and an eclectic soundtrack in Kiss & Cry Collective’s Cold Blood; and micro-physical comedy from Trygve Wakenshaw. There will also be a wordless performance with a multidimensional paper set from Fleur Elise Noble, and unique puppeteer and one-man band combo La Pendue.

When: 8th January – 2nd February 2020
Where: At venues across London
£: Ticket prices vary, depending on the event

More info: mimelondon.com/festival

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