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

Roselee Goldberg

RoseLee Goldberg is an American-based art historian, author, critic and curator. She wrote a study of performance art, Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present...

's * Performance: Live Art Since 1960, Gregory Battcock's The Art of Performance.

Anthony Howell

Anthony Howell (performance artist)

Anthony Howell is an English performance artist. He was a founder of the performance company The Theatre of Mistakes, in the 1970s and 1980s.-External links:*http://www.anthonyhowell.org...

, Fiona Templeton

Fiona Templeton

Fiona Templeton is an experimental director, playwright, poet and performer. Born in Scotland in 1951, she co-founded London's Theatre of Mistakes in the 70s and lived for many years in the East Village of Manhattan. Her performance work includes the pioneering urban theatrical journey, You-The...

, http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/17248.htm – 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 1 903 006 01 5

Going – Grey Suit Editions 2007.

The book of the performance by The Theatre of Mistakes ISBN 1 903 006 03 1