His book (co-authored with Persighetti) about the latter walk – ‘A Sardine Street Box of Tricks’ – has become a widely used manual for creating similar tours and was re-published in 2012 by Triarchy Press.

Alumni of the University of Bristol Drama Department (1974 - 1977), he is now Associate Professor (Reader) at the School of Humanities and Performing Arts (Faculty of Arts & Humanities) at the University of Plymouth, and the author of ‘Mythogeography’ (Triarchy Press, 2010) and ‘Counter-Tourism: The Handbook’ (Triarchy Press, 2012), and co-author of ‘Walking, Writing and Performance’ - (Intellect, 2009).Īs a performer, he sometimes goes by the name 'Crab Man', and has created many site-specific theatre pieces and numerous ‘mis-guided walks’ including those with Simon Persighetti: ‘A Man About The House’ at the National Trust’s A la Ronde, ‘Water Walk’ in Exeter’s West Quarter, ‘A Michael Chekhov Mis-Guide’ at Dartington Hall and ‘A Tour of Sardine Street’ in Queen Street, Exeter. The collection includes: posters, scripts, programmes, photographs, costumes, press cuttings and business papers from the TNT Theatre (Munich) and Wrights & Sites (Exeter, UK) Theatre Groups.ĭr Phil Smith is a performer, writer, teacher and researcher, specialising in making performances based on walking in heritage sites. Phil’s publications include A nywhere: a mythogeography of South Devon (2017), A Footbook of Zombie Walking and Walking’s New Movement (2015), On Walking and Enchanted Things (2014), Counter-Tourism: The Handbook (2012) and Mythogeography (2010).The archive of ‘Mythogeographic' performer, writer, and educator Dr Phil Smith. Also working as a site artist for Tracing the Pathway’s ‘Groundwork’ project in Milton Keynes and with Threshold Studios on a ‘Storylines’ project as part of Digitalis in the same city. Phil is at present developing a ‘common dance for threatened subjectivities’ with choreographer Melanie Kloetzel (Calgary University). He is company dramaturg for TNT (Munich). He is a core member of site-based arts collective Wrights & Sites, presently working on a new publication, The Architect-Walker.

He is a performance-maker, writer and ambulatory researcher, specialising in creating performances related to walking, site-specificity, mythogeographies and counter-tourism. Phil Smith is an associate professor (reader) at Plymouth University.

Author, A Footbook of Zombie Walking writer and performance-maker associate professor, Plymouth University

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