The Theatre of Mistakes and Purdies Farm

Susan Hiller’s Dream Mapping at Purdies Farm.

During the Summer of 1974 the Theatre of Mistakes hosted an arts festival at Purdies Farm, the home of Anthony Howell’s mother Deborah.

Most of the artists, writers and composers contributing to Wallpaper Magazine took part: Anthony McCall, Carolee Schneemann, Andrew Eden, Susan Bonvin, John Welch and many others.

The Theatre of Mistakes created performances at this event – and most of the year the company rehearsed in the old milking-parlour, watched through the window by bemused horses.

Dance, Poetry and The Theatre of Mistakes

 

Anthony Howell interviewed by Scott Thurston – Stride Magazine

Anthony Howell talks about The Theatre of Mistakes

Anthony Howell talks about The Theatre of Mistakes.

I am talking about Objects here

 

The Theatre of Mistakes: Publications

While Amazon claims our titles are not available, they can all be found and purchased from ebay, where they are sold by tangoshiva.

Elements of Performance Art 

Going

Homage to Morandi

See also The Analysis of Performance Art by Anthony Howell

Paris Performance Art Summer School 2018

In Summer 2018, Anthony Howell was invited to conduct a week of performance workshops for Paris Summer Academy, organised by Mehdi Farajpoor for Orient Theatre summer school. Here are two performances created by students at the end of the course.

Active Circles in Australia

An account of ACTIVE CIRCLES 

This was a performance devised by Theatre of Mistakes and later performed in Australia.

Grammar at Raven Row

 

Here is a link to GRAMMAR

This was the performance devised by me for those who came to the workshops at Raven Row, Summer 2017.

Please would the cast contact me, so that I can add all their names here.

GOING

Here is a link to the Amsterdam performance of GOING

(The image shows the US performance, with Mickey Greenall, Peter Stickland, Anthony Howell and Glenys Johnson – Fiona Templeton was also a performer.)

Art Review

 

Great to get reviewed at The Art Review

Art Monthly Review

Sept 29 2017

Fay Laflin in GRAMMAR – Raven Row 6 Aug 2017

Hi All

Hope you are all well.

I am attaching the recent review from Art Monthly for In Case There’s a Reason.

Art Monthly p 1

Art Monthly p 2

It’s relatively benign and there are some factual inaccuracies, for example the Soap work to which he refers, was indeed credited.

Otherwise its pretty journalistic.

Best

JASON E. BOWMAN FRSA
Master of Fine Art Programme Leader