Women’s Institute – Page 3 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Second School of Mime. 1935

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

September 14, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Geoffrey Whitworth. 1935

Birmingham Mail 20 March 1935 WOMEN’S INSTITUTES: Spring Programme for Warwickshire Hidden among news of a forthcoming cookery class, we learn that ‘chief instructress’ Miss Irene Mawer was due to offer an ‘interesting occasion’, ie, a one-day school of mime. The location was to be at the Priory Room in

August 24, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Roedean School for Girls. 1933

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

August 17, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime / WI / Women's Institute

Darlington School of Mime. 1935

Darlington School of Mime Northern Echo, Darlington 6 March 1935 W.I. SCHOOL OF MIME Darlington is a town in the gritty, working class, north east of England, very close to Durham. This newspaper clipping covers a mime workshop in York, 54 miles away and is a prime example showing how

June 8, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

21 February 1935, Birmingham Mail

Birmingham Mail 21 Feb 1935 Title of Newspaper Article: Mime We have seen from my recent blog posts that Irene Mawer, through her Institute of Mime in association with the Women’s Institute (WI) gave lecture-demonstrations in Scotland and in York.  Today’s newspaper clipping gives us advance notice that the