Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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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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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,
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Robert Jacomb Norris Dale was Irene Mawer’s first husband. She suffered greatly on hearing of his death, when he was killed in action during the First World War. He died in Italy and is buried at Giavera, near Venice. The photo shows me paying my respects at the Commonwealth War
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Christchurch Press, 1 September 1922 Irene Mawer’s influence reached right over to the other side of the world. In New Zealand, Mildred Peters (later, Mildred Robley-Browne) opened her own school of dancing, dramatic art, and mime. Having trained at Ginner-Mawer, Mildred knew the importance of mime as the underpinning of
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The Stage and Television Today, 20 December 1962 Shortly before Christmas 1962, Irene Mawer died of a stroke. The obituary describes Irene as having been one of the most remarkable English mimes of her day. It also points out her other great passion in life – teaching, and acknowledges that
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