My father, Desmond Jones, who has died aged 87, was a pioneer of modern physical theatre. His school, the Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, was the longest running of its kind in the UK.
In the mid-1960s, Desmond went to see Marcel Marceau, the mime superstar, perform in London. Afterwards, he fought his way backstage and into Marceau’s dressing room to ask where he could study mime. Marceau wrote a Parisian address on a scrap of paper and the words “Go There”. He took the piece of paper and, in 1967, he went.
