Mime – Page 5 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Is Poetry an Art Form?

In one of her recent podcasts, author Joanna Penn ruminated on how we encourage or discourage children from writing. https://pca.st/episode/ece3776a-71e7-42ee-b1f4-21cdcf3cb84b During her conversation with Coleen M. Story, Joanna commented that our creative selves are a bit like children, and we need to have our self-confidence boosted every now and again.

September 9, 2025 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Index Cards

The photo that I have included with this blog post shows some of the note cards that I have used in my research. When I first started (a good six years ago, now!), I had no idea where the research would take me. Plus I was, and remain, a bit

July 8, 2025 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

Irene Mawer at the V&A

If you are planning a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, you could check out if they are allowing access to a piece of theatrical history: a plaque dedicated to Irene Mawer. In her hey-day, Miss Mawer was hailed as “The Great English Exponent of the art

July 1, 2025 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

Sunderers

I was looking for a poem called The Sundurers by D H Lawrence. However, I don’t think it exists. I have found a painting called The Sunderers, with a reference from a poem called Walk Warily, by D H Lawrence, which is presumably the connection. The full-page illustration accompanies the

June 24, 2025 Biography

Lohengrin

Miss Mawer owned at least four pieces of jewellery that meant something special to her. Three of them were necklaces, and one that was worn regularly by Miss Mawer depicted a cloaked man on a swan. This was Lohengrin, a character from old German literature in the vein of King