If you’ve casually dropped “bike lanes” into dinner conversation lately, you know what it’s like to create a provocation.”
– Liz Nicholls, 12th night blog
DECEMBER 11 – 22, 2024 @ 8:00pm (2:00pm matinees on weekends)
Mile Zero Dance Warehouse (9931 78 ave NW, Edmonton)
Cycle by Andrew Ritchie—a high-octane, immersive theatre experience set on a stationary bike. This groundbreaking solo performance is written, developed, and performed by Ritchie. Cycle offers a dynamic and energetic experience that explores the gritty realities and exhilarating moments of active transportation and cycling culture in Canada.
Audience members are invited to engage in the performance physically, seated on stationary bikes as they pedal alongside Ritchie, mirroring his intense ride as he traverses the dangers and highs of urban transportation. Through this interactive format, Cycle shines a light on Ritchie’s real-life experiences as a bike food courier in Toronto, and the financial and physical precariousness of trying to make a living in the gig economy. A deeply personal and politically charged journey, Cycle will get your blood pumping and cultivate a new respect for the two-wheeled travel.
*Limited stationary bikes for audience members available on a first come-first-serve basis.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director KRISTI HANSEN*
Choreographer AINSLEY HILLYARD*
Lighting and Projected Media Designer T. ERIN GRUBER
Design Assistant SKYE GRINDE
Sound Designer LIV MCROBBIE
Cast ANDREW RITCHIE
Dramaturge GEOFFREY SIMON BROWN
Stage Manager GALEN HITE*
Producers: ALYSON DICEY & DAYNA HOFFMANN
*The participation of these Artists is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Indie 2.2 agreement (DOT).
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Workshop production in May 2023 at Fringe Theatre Adventures and produced by Thou Art Here Theatre
Originally developed at Good Women Dance Collective’s Creative Incubator in 2021
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