Twin Arts
Irene Mawer devoted her whole life to the stage arts and all of the background to them. She believed wholeheartedly that movement and voice belonged together, and that to excel in one of them required ...
classical greek dance
Central School Curriculum in 1930s.
Central School in 1930s. Irene Mawer trained under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1914/15/16. Mawer had done some training and had taken paid employment before enrolling at Central, so ...
Connecting Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer
Connecting Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer In this blog post, I will explain how Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer are strongly connected through the art of mime. Bruford was a pupil of Mawer, and was ...
21st Birthday Cabaret
A cabaret is a performance given (usually in a nightclub) while the audience sit at tables where they can eat a meal or have a drink. The entertainment to celebrate the 21st Birthday of the ...
Prince Philip of Greece
“…reeds don’t sway from side to side…” The five year old boy earnestly criticised his teacher, Dorothy Reavely, as she struggled to find her teaching feet in 1920s ...