London International Mime Festival (8-31 January) opens this 2015 in dynamic style and brings together the best contemporary visual theatre from around the world. Now in its 39th year, the annual festival showcases a line-up of talent and artistic innovation at venues across the British capital.
Pictures courtesy of ÓMatilda Temperly, Christopher Reynolds
This weekend marks the starting point of the 2015 London International Mime Festival. The British performers Barely Methodical Group trigger this year’s festival. With relationships as the main theme, Bromance is an acrobatic show, where, handshakes become handstands, and backslaps become backflips.
Pictures courtesy of ÓGigi Giannella
British artists Joli Viann at their latest show, Stateless blend dance, theatre and circus to explore the subject of refugees, immigration and journeys. Through intense physicality, hand to hand acrobatics and bodies flying and falling, Joli Viann explain the spectator the powerful stories of emotional upheaval and the fates of people crossing borders.
Pictures courtesy of ÓBenny de Grove
Famous Belgian Circus Ronaldo arrive to this year’s festival with the intention of taking the spectator back to the years of travelling fairground theatres. Amortale is Adam and Eve´s love story, but with a twist including more people in the Eden. Performed in Circus Ronaldo´s traditional stage, they use theatre, circus, marionettes and opera in order to perform this new version.
Pictures courtesy of ©Clive Howard
British comedy veteran Chris Lynam presents at this year’s festival his latest show, Jacksons Lane in which he takes the spectator on a tour into the life of a clown performer. By using holograms, images and music he explains the inner thoughts and struggles of a clown performer throughout his career.
Pictures courtesy of ©Aglae Bory
Plexus lands at this year’s festival as the only co-production between two different countries. Through 60 minutes the Japanese dancer Kaori Ito, under the direction of French director Aurelién Bory, dances surrounded by five thousand cords in allusion to the struggle of a warrior woman to conquer her environment.
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