Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Dancing Times London April 1935 THE INSTITUTE OF MIME The reviewer who wrote this newspaper article enjoyed the mime performance very much and has written about it in a style different to those seen in other papers. Held at the Rudolf Steiner Hall, in London, on 2 March 1935, participants
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Birmingham Gazette 29 March 1935 Following on from the success of the previous year which had been held in London, a second day-school of mime was held at the Priory Rooms in Birmingham; a good move in combatting London-centric community programmes. Miss Mawer was to have a long connection with
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Sussex Daily News 13 November 1933 The Oldest Art: mime demonstrated at Brighton Roedean is a private, fee-paying school in the south of England. This newspaper clipping describes a mime demonstration there, given by Irene Mawer. Reading this newspaper article in conjunction with the newspaper article described in one of my previous
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Lolly Susi’s The Central Book, p.52, says that Irene Mawer performed at the Scala Theatre as part of the Twenty First Birthday Week celebrations for The Central School. The matinee was described as ‘the culminating celebrity event’ and was attended by Central’s Royal Patron Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Alongside
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Michel Saint-Denis Today’s blog post information came not from a book, but rather from a podcast, which is a relaxing-on-the-eyes way to learn the history of the British drama school, and in particular the history of actor training in British drama schools. Robert Price’s podcast, episode 16 of Season One,
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