Workshop: Writing Rage/Punk Songs

Workshop: Writing Rage/Punk Songs

Date/Time
Sunday 2 February 2025
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Ashburton Arts Centre

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Writing Resistance – a writing workshop to express righteous rage – Viv Gordon will be guiding us through simple writing exercises to create poems and song lyrics.

Punk Songs – a session with Viv Gordon and composer Tom Johnson putting our words to punk music. Bring words from the morning session or words you have written at home or we can improvise during the session. Bring the noise!

Timings:
Writing: 11 am – 1 pm
Punk Songs: 2 pm – 5 pm

Come to either session of both – if you are only attending half of the day, please can you email us at hello@vivgordon.com

Age 18 +

–things to know–

  • Viv Gordon is a theatre maker, survivor activist & arts and mental health campaigner, whose work is a campaign to nurture voice, visibility and community for survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA).
  • Tom Johnson is a skilled and experienced musician with considerable expertise in the field of improvisation. As a violinist, guitarist and accordion player he has many years of experience in theatre, bands, and as a session musician on a number of recordings.

CSA survivors, friends and allies are welcome. The work contains strong and stirring content. There will be wellbeing support and signposting information available for anyone who needs it.