- Venue
- Morley College London - Waterloo Centre for Adult Education
- Date
- Thursday, July 11, 2024
07:00 PM - Address
- 61 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7HT
- Location
- London
- Organiser
- Viv Gordon Company
Work in progress sharing of Viv Gordon Company’s PUNK songs written as part of the Restless project, an arts activism project about community, visibility and voice for survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Are you angry? This band is angry. Come as you are, and bring anyone with you who needs an outlet to shout at the sky. Restless might be the most necessary hour in your week.
Restless brings together the loose ends of a rage that we feel but don’t quite know what to do with and weaves it into a collective chord of F*** YOU, DO SOMETHING.
Kind of like a guided meditation, except if it had been made by The Sex Pistols and shouted through loudhailers.
All the staples of classic 70s punk are here – thumping drums, driving riffs, sweary vocals smashed through fuzzing amps – along with some folkier finesse from fiddles and intricate solos.
But the real power comes from where the music takes the room. The set list leads the audience through a building narrative from abuse, to anger and, ultimately, action – all informed by the direct experiences of frontwoman and lyricist Viv Gordon.
–things to know–
- Restless is created, convened and performed by Viv Gordon, a campaigner & survivor-activist grounded in her lived experience of Child Sexual Abuse
- CSA survivors, friends and allies welcome. The work contains strong and stirring content. There will be wellbeing support and signposting information available for anyone who needs it.
- Viv will be performing alongside the project’s co-composers Tom Johnson & Quinta, with Maddy Kiley on bass and Sean Randle on drums
- This is a Work in Progress Sharing. It is a supportive event about testing new work.
- It is a pay what you can event, suggested donation £5
- Gig timings: Doors 7pm. Gig 7.30-8.30pm. Venue closes 9pm.
- Age 18 +
