Pip Simmons Theatre Group

Initially London based, it was one of the first English experimental theatre companies but spent much of its time working in Europe where there was a more sympathetic financial and institutional network.

As with much performance art that relies on fresh ideas and constant change, and with video recording equipment being less accessible during that time, much of The Pip Simmons Group work is sparsely documented.

The company's origins in the Drury Lane Arts Lab are described by Catherine Itzin in Stages in the Revolution, while noted theatre scholar Theodore Shank has discussed their work at length in TDR.

Other notable works include An die Musik, a production first created by the group in 1975 and performed at the ICA London, music by Chris Jordan, from an original idea by Rudy Engelander.

"[5] In 1978 the group performed a version of The Tempest at the Riverside Studios where, "Customers squat on raised planks in front of a sandpit adorned with bits of old wood and billowing white muslin.

Notable members of the company include: Rodney Beddall, Sheila Burnett, Jessie Gordon, Roderic Leigh, Andrew McAlpine, Emil Wolk...