The Theatre of Mistakes

The Theatre of Mistakes 1970s-1980s, London was a performance art company. The work was minimalist, structuralist, and conceptual. Articles on the work include in Roselee Goldberg's * Performance: Live Art Since 1960, Gregory Battcock's The Art of Performance.

Anthony Howell, Fiona Templeton, – Peter Stickland, Michael Greenall, Glenys Johnson, Miranda Payne.

Selected Performances

1976 Serpentine Gallery, London, 'Homage to Pietro Longhi'
Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam. 'The Ascent of the Stedelijk'
1977 Hayward Gallery, London. 'A Waterfall' 48 performances for the Hayward Annual.
Biennale de Paris, Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris -'Going' FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris - ‘Going’.
1978 Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade -'Two Freedoms' and 'Going'
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol -'Going', 'Waterfall 3'.
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York -'Waterfall 6' State Penitentiary and University, Pittsburgh, - 'Going'
Theatre for the New City, New York -'Going'
1979 Forum fur Actuelle Kunst, Innsbruck -'Orpheus and Hermes'
1980 Brighton Theatre Festival -'Orpheus and Hermes',
University Theatre Festival, Brescia, and Salle Polyvalente, Ferrara -
'Duet for Orpheus and Hermes' and 'Homage to Morandi'
Tour of Holland -'Homage to Morandi'
1981Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London - 'Homage to Morandi' 'Going'; 'Table Move 1'; and 'The Ninth Method'.
Tour of Belgium -'Homage to Morandi'. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin -'Homage to Morandi' and 'Table Move 1'

Selected Reviews

Denis Thomas, The Listener, 27 April 1977 Cordelia Oliver, The Guardian, 23 February 1977 The Drama Review (Structure Theatre Issue) 1979 Nick Wood, Artscribe no 10, 1979 Stuart Morgan, Art Forum, Autumn 1980 Anthony Masters, The Times, 19 March 1980 John Roberts, Artscribe, no 28, 1981 Sally Banes, The Village Voice, 7 December 1982

Performance texts by The Theatre of Mistakes

Homage to Morandi – Grey Suit Editions, 2006.
The book of the performance by The Theatre of Mistakes. ISBN 1-903006-01-5
Going – Grey Suit Editions 2007.
The book of the performance by The Theatre of Mistakes ISBN 1-903006-03-1