MimeLondon’s 2025 programme concludes with the London premiere of Dimanche by Belgian companies Focus & Chaliwaté at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre in Holborn. Set in the near future, this witty and tender production uses lo-fi special eZects, puppetry,miniature vehicles, and video to tell parallel stories of a family maintaining their Sundayroutine while ignoring climate chaos,…
This striking blend of theatrical mediums from the French theatre company La Pendue, created by Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet, sees puppetry, visual projection and live music combined in a retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairytale The Girl Without Hands. Performed by Charlier, who is accompanied by a one-man orchestra in the form of Martin Kaspar Orkesta, we…
Review by Katie Shaw Lionel Bart’s Oliver! took centre stage at the Gielgud Theatre on Saturday night. Having only ever watched the 1968 film (although many, many times), I was excited to see how this take on Dickens’ classic novel translated to the stage. The second the Orchestra sounded, and the Prologue began, I felt a…
Led by Matteo Frau and Mina Trapp, Frau Trapp brings their show Five Lines to this year’s MimeLondon festival in its UK Premiere. The work brings together miniature models, music, acting and audio-visual mediums to create a micro cinema-theatre that explores human nature through the lens of one couple’s relationship in a dystopian world shaped…
