Gavin Skerritt

Moving Words was devised to explore the ways in which the contemporary art form of puppetry can collaborate with new writing for performance. What happens when the puppeteer and writer are placed at the heart of the creative process? How do these forms interact? How can puppetry inform new writing and vice versa?

The project commissioned Gavin Skerritt and Rachel McGill to create a new short for performance at the Soho Theatre, London. The project supported four months of exploration; two large-scale workshops; two months of making and eight day’s rehearsal; bringing together more than forty artists to participate in the project.