She walks... Creative Team

18/11/2020

Viv Gordon - Artistic Director, lyrics & vocals

I am a theatre maker, survivor activist & arts and mental health campaigner, and my work is a campaign to nurture voice, visibility and community for survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA).

I am incredibly proud of the bold work we do - I am not interested in pity or being worthy or earnest. As Artistic Director, I aim to make punky, kick ass work that doesn’t pull its punches, that entertains, moves, changes hearts and minds and most importantly reduces isolation and shame within our community.

I campaign for access and inclusion in the arts for artists and audiences with mental health needs -
I speak at conferences and events, as well as offer training and consultancy with individuals and organisations. Previously, I was an Agent for Change with Salisbury International Arts Festival (2017) and have led work with marginalised adults and families since 2003 as Artistic Director of Mean Feet Dance.

JPDL - lyrics & vocals

I am JPDL spoken word/hiphop artist and general wordsmith. I have gigged everywhere from Bristol to Brixton, Aberystwyth to the Isle of wight and everywhere in between. I have amassed hundreds of thousands of views on social media through various different projects and commission pieces. From performing my original material transcribed to an orchestra on a Gloucester city rooftop, to writing and performing a spoken word piece for the BBC to commemorate the centenary of armistice day amongst. I have supported acts all the way through from So Solid Crew to Charli 2na and Krafty Kuts.

JPDL's website

Quinta - music, production, backing vocals

Quinta is a London-based music-maker and multi-instrumentalist. Her dad gave her this name when she was a baby as she was the youngest of five and a girl.

Part of a new movement of independently-minded experimental female cross-over artists making work at the intersection of art/new music, electronics, the DIY, visual/video art, and pop, Quinta is particularly interested in improvisation, electronic interfacing and new instruments.

She works to present musical material in visually imaginative ways, using movement, dance, light, and homemade instruments and sample sets. Working across a number of fields including dance, circus, theatre and film, she performs with a variety of bands and has a richly diverse biography of collaborations, including with all-female arts collective, Collectress.

Quinta's website

Lou Sumray - Animator

Lou is a visual Artist who has been drawing for about 60 years and grew up in a family of artists where she was lucky enough to become bilingual. Drawing became her second language, sometimes she says it's her first.

Lou has always been involved in various theatre and street art projects from being a member of Skinning The Cat Aerial theatre company to making iPad drawings for projections in shows with Chris Goode & Co, “9”, Wanted” and” Mirabel”

Recently she has discovered making stop motion animations using charcoal drawing. As a member of 154collective theatre her first charcoal drawn animation Follow me was made for the show “Under The Bed” in 2015. Follow Me won 1st prize at Bradford Open Art Exhibition 2017.

Lou's website