Part performance, part installation, part collective act of resistance - Cutting Out tells Viv’s 1 in 11 million story.
The story of Viv’s hands (from abuse to activism) happens in a co-created installation of paper dolls holding hands in solidarity bearing witness to 11 million adult UK survivors of Child Sex Abuse.
Viv cuts out chains of paper dolls.
Look, they are children holding hands.
When she is finished there will be 11 million of them.
She wants you to see them.
To see how delicate they are.
Each doll personifies a hidden story of survival.
Each cut of the scissors, a decisive expression of defiance.
Cutting Out is previewing in Autumn 2021.
We're taking bookings for Spring 2022.
The story of Viv’s hands (from abuse to activism) happens in a co-created installation of paper dolls holding hands in solidarity bearing witness to 11 million adult UK survivors of Child Sex Abuse.
Viv cuts out chains of paper dolls.
Look, they are children holding hands.
When she is finished there will be 11 million of them.
She wants you to see them.
To see how delicate they are.
Each doll personifies a hidden story of survival.
Each cut of the scissors, a decisive expression of defiance.
Cutting Out is previewing in Autumn 2021.
We're taking bookings for Spring 2022.
“I was struck from the outset by the beauty of this work, the delicacy, fragility, vitality, effervescence and its power and capacity for healing. It felt complete. I loved the solemnity of the first scene, and the final scene of flow dancing and reconnecting fragments, making everyone whole again. Deeply moved by Viv laying down beside them” - CSA Survivor
THE TEAM
Written and performed by Viv Gordon
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Directed & co-written by Tom Roden
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Design by Imogen Harvey-Lewis
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Music composed, performed & produced by Thomas Johnson
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Produced by Molly Scarborough
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Photography by: Kim Von Coels
Supported by public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England
With additional support from Strike a Light, Exeter Northcott Theatre, Strode Theatre, Prema and Lighthouse Theatre.
With additional support from Strike a Light, Exeter Northcott Theatre, Strode Theatre, Prema and Lighthouse Theatre.