5 Mistakes That Changed History

Wed 10 Sep 2025

Studio Theatre

5 Mistakes That Changed History

Wed 10 Sep 2025

Studio Theatre

An image of Nelson wearing a military uniform and riding a white horse. Nelson is holding a cocktail and blowing a party streamer and the horse is wearing sunglasses.

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Priority booking is now open for Members. Standard booking will open on Wed 18 Jun 2025 at 10:00am

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1 hour 30 mins (inc interval)

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Age Guidance: 8+

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We all make mistakes, but rarely do they change the course of history.

5 Mistakes That Changed History is a hilarious historical storytelling show performed by historian and comedian, Paul Coulter, about five people and how their mistakes (big and small!) changed the world.

Blending history, storytelling and comedy the show has been a smash-hit, sell-out success on the comedy festival circuit, selling out both Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Adelaide Fringe Festival twice in 2023 and 2024.

Suitable for history lovers 8 to 80+, the show was named by British Comedy Guide as one of the ‘Best Reviewed Edinburgh Fringe Shows 2024’ and was chosen as one of the ‘Picks of the Fringe’.

In 2025, Penguin Random House will be turning the show into a book – 10 Mistakes That Changed History – due for a major-worldwide release coinciding with the show tour.

If you love history, don’t let your mistake be missing out on this show!

www.historymistakes.com

So engaging and entertaining that I forgot I was there to review it

Theatre Weekly

Coulter cleverly weaves the well-researched facts with modern day parallels; turning historical figures into relatable misfits

Glam Adelaide

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