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Review: London International Mime Festival at the Barbican by Ralph Barker

I’ve spent most of the last week at the Barbican, soaking up the outlandish beauty of the London International Mime Festival, full of all the whimsical wit and downright absurdity that this year’s productions have to offer. From vaudevillian puppet shows to borderline existential horror, I loved every minute. With still a few performances left before the festival wraps up, here’s my pick of the best so far, and what’s to come!

Kate Wyver on 22/01/23 with

When a topic is hard to talk about, a stage can provide a space to place it, turn it over, and unpick it until it makes sense. For Aoife Kennan, performance has provided a way of talking honestly and creatively about self-harm.

Kerenza Evans on 22/01/23 with

Maria Uzor is a genre-fusing electronic artist who defies categorisation. Driven and inspired by the human need for connection, the only prerequisites for attending her shows are an open mind and your dancing shoes. Run-Riot caught up with Uzor to discuss how lockdown accelerated her solo career and the importance of accessibility in making music.

Kate Wyver on 22/01/23 with

Image credit: Photo of John-Paul Zaccarini, by Susan Schwartzberg.

Katie Hogan on 20/01/23 with

IMAGE: Philip Ilson, Artistic Director, London Short Film Festival

Ralph Barker on 20/01/23 with

Image: All Falls Down at Vault Festival, Tue 24th Jan - Sat 28th Jan

Kate Wyver on 07/01/23 with

Image: Helen Lannaghan and Joseph Seelig, co-Directors, London International Mime Festival (LIMF).

For nearly fifty years, the end of winter has seen artists slink silently onto the stages of London’s theatres. This is the time of London’s International Mime Festival (LIMF), when dancers, circus performers and physical theatre performers take centre stage.

Kerenza Evans on 17/12/22 with

Music, literature, film, covid vaccines - is there anything Dolly Parton can't do? Her latest venture sees A Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol come to London's Southbank Centre: a remake of the traditional story set in the Appalachian mountains with all songs penned by the Queen of Country herself.

Kerenza Evans on 15/12/22 with

Natalia Knowlton on 01/12/22 with

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Review: London International Mime Festival at the Barbican by Ralph Barker

An honest talk about self-harm - Katie Wyver interviews Aoife Kennan on 'Scratches'

Run-Riot interviews genre-fusing electronic artist Maria Uzor

Putting invisible privilege in the spotlight: Kate Wyver interviews political performance artist John-Paul Zaccarini

Interview: Philip Ilson, Artistic Director, London Short Film Festival 2023

Interview: Dr. Joe Strickland on All Falls Down, an improvised, immersive show at Vault Festival

“It defies categorisation, and often gravity.” Interview with Helen Lannaghan and Joseph Seelig, LIMF

Kerenza Evans reviews Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol

Kerenza Evans reviews Showstopper! The Musical

Interview with Gbolahan Obisesan: What if Alice in Wonderland was Set in Brixton?