Viv Gordon is a theatre maker, survivor activist & arts and mental health campaigner
Viv's work is a campaign to nurture voice, visibility and community for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Find out more about her work by listening to her recent TEDx talk here:
Viv's work is a campaign to nurture voice, visibility and community for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Find out more about her work by listening to her recent TEDx talk here:
This year she is working on new projects that continue to explore the creative articulation of trauma:
Cutting Out part show, part installation, part collective act of resistance - previewing Spring 2020
Restless is an arts activism project in development using coastal landscapes to tell stories of survival
She is also touring a new commission from Life of Breath about the lived experience of adversity called The Book of Jo
She holds a Develop Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England to connect with survivor artists/academics and activists in the UK and the US
Previous work includes:
ORAL explores sexual abuse, dentistry and civil rights and previewed Spring 2019
I am Joan is an autobiographical hopeful comedy about trauma recovery.
PreScribed (a life written for me) explores the side effects of being a GP in the 21st Century.
She is an Associate Artist with Strike a Light and Exeter Northcott Theatre
She has led work with marginalised adults and families with since 2003 as Artistic Director of Mean Feet Dance
Viv campaigns for access and inclusion in the arts for artists and audiences with mental health needs.
She was an Agent for Change with Salisbury International Arts Festival 2017
Viv speaks at conferences and events about mental health inclusion in the arts, offers training and consultancy
and works with individuals and organisations to develop arts and mental health projects.
Cutting Out part show, part installation, part collective act of resistance - previewing Spring 2020
Restless is an arts activism project in development using coastal landscapes to tell stories of survival
She is also touring a new commission from Life of Breath about the lived experience of adversity called The Book of Jo
She holds a Develop Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England to connect with survivor artists/academics and activists in the UK and the US
Previous work includes:
ORAL explores sexual abuse, dentistry and civil rights and previewed Spring 2019
I am Joan is an autobiographical hopeful comedy about trauma recovery.
PreScribed (a life written for me) explores the side effects of being a GP in the 21st Century.
She is an Associate Artist with Strike a Light and Exeter Northcott Theatre
She has led work with marginalised adults and families with since 2003 as Artistic Director of Mean Feet Dance
Viv campaigns for access and inclusion in the arts for artists and audiences with mental health needs.
She was an Agent for Change with Salisbury International Arts Festival 2017
Viv speaks at conferences and events about mental health inclusion in the arts, offers training and consultancy
and works with individuals and organisations to develop arts and mental health projects.