London International Mime Festival 2023

Thu 2 –Sun 5 Feb 2023

Belgium’s Olivier Award-winning dance-theatre innovators return with the UK premiere of their new and most ambitious production yet.

Wed 1 Feb 2023, 18:00

Join us for this pre-show talk with Cheryl Henson and Sarah Wright about how growing up in renowned family puppet companies led them to become ardent advocates for the art of puppetry.

Tue 31 Jan –Sat 4 Feb 2023

This poignant, puppet tragicomedy for grown-ups is a wordless spectacle about the ingenuity of the mind and having to make do for so long without the people we wished would surround us.

Sun 29 Jan 2023, 15:00

Outrageous, lurid, haunting: this circus-set melodrama is one of the great silent films.

Wed 25 –Sat 28 Jan 2023

This UK début by rising stars of Belgium’s acclaimed contemporary theatre scene forces us to think about who we are and how much we need others.

Tue 24 –Sat 28 Jan 2023

Enjoy an unrelenting sequence of tiny little puppet people in this charming, poignant and slightly eccentric show from these celebrated Canadian puppet masters.