Mimetic Bursary Winner Michael Twaits to Perform THE LIBERTINE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING, 25-29 November

Mimetic 2014 has announced that Michael Twaits, the winner of the Mimetic 2014 audience bursary, will be performing his cutting-edge theatre/cabaret show The Libertine Has Left the Building at Mimetic 2014 from 25th-29th November.

Since Michael Twaits' West End hit Confessions of a Dancewhore - extremely inventive, What's On Stage - he has headlined at the Soho Theatre and has appeared in film and television (Dracula, NBC, and internationally-acclaimed short film What You Looking At?), and is Finger in the Pie cabaret's resident host. Now, he returns with powerful new piece The Libertine Has Left the Building, which explores the concept of reinvention in an evening of caustic cabaret, autobiographical analysis and theatrical theorem.

The Mimetic Awards - new this year - will celebrate the best of the festival in a variety of categories, from Best Physical Theatre/Cabaret to Best Work-in-Progress (whose winner will be offered a slot at next year's festival). These awards will be judged by a prestigious independent panel of theatre and cabaret specialists, including the New Diorama Theatre's artistic director David Byrne and Total Theatre assessor Alex Brenner, and will be assessed with the help of reviews from award partner reviewers including Civilian Theatre, Litro, London City Nights, The Public Reviews, Savage, The Theatre Tourist, Theatrefullstop and Views from the Gods.

For a fortnight this November, Mimetic Festival comes to Waterloo, popping up in the Vaults with the very best devised, physical and visual theatre, puppetry and cabaret. Now entering its third year, Mimetic Festival has played host to some of the most exciting international companies working in theatre and cabaret today. Across numerous theatre and cabaret spaces, Mimetic 2014 will also run a late-night festival bar featuring cabaret performances and club nights.