Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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I finally made it into an amphitheatre! I have wanted to go into one all of my life, and have at last achieved the ambition. I have seen other amphitheatres here in Greece, but they were all closed to the public (either because it is winter, or because they are
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Next year (2026) wll be the 110th anniversary of the birth of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama.I am looking for suggestions of how to celebrate it – any ideas, please, anyone? At the moment I am undertaking my mini-pilgrimage to Greece, so I won’t be repeating that in
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Oh dear! And I pride myself on my research. Ha ha ha. I wanted to visit the Olympia Theatre in Athens, as the Ginner-Mawer School performed there as part of the second Delphic Festival, in 1930. However, it was only the keen research brain of Greek archeologist, Chloe, that picked
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In 1930, Miss Mawer went to Athens! About 40 people, all connected with the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama, went with her. The school gave performances at two theatres, one of which was (and still is) an open-air theatre on the Acropolis, next to the Parthenon. My husband, Andy,
Continue readingMy mini-pilgrimage to Irene Mawer’s beloved Greece continues with a visit to Olympia – ancient home of the original Olympic Games. Andy and I nearly missed Olympia. We confused it with Mount Olympus, which is on the far side of the country, many miles away. It was only by pure
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