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REVIEWS
“fascinating and nerve-wracking solo show — part-memoir, part-documentary, part activist drama on wheels — in a city where ‘bike lane’ is a conversational gambit that could singe your eyebrows, the cyclist stakes a claim. A claim for safe urban space” - Liz Nicholls, 12th night theatre blog (Read full review here)
Listed as one of two of the year (2024)’s boldest experiments in audience participation [in Edmonton theatre] - Liz Nicholls, 12th night theatre blog (Read full article here)
WHAT AUDIENCES ARE SAYING
“Luckily an evening opened up and I had a chance to catch CYCLE from Thou Art Here Theatre! It was provocative, creative, kinetic, emotional! I was impressed, moved, and urge any of you who think about being a kid and wanting to revisit that feeling of freedom and opportunity to check out this show….get your butts in the saddle and support local theatre! Two handle bar ends thumbs up!! - Michael Janz, City Councillor for City of Edmonton
“So charming, such a great balance between the joy of riding a bike and the heaviness of how poorly our transportation system treats people.”
“Very very cool storytelling, use of space, interaction”
“Andrew puts into words so many of the thoughts I've had while biking on roads, alongside cars, in winter. It's a great immersive show that’s super relevant and localized and so fun. Highly Recommend”
“Truly a singular audience participation experience”
CYCLE by Andrew Ritchie
Cycle is a solo-show written, developed, and performed by Andrew Ritchie. A story told from a stationary bike explores Ritchie's personal experience, history, and politics of active transportation and cycle culture in Canada. Audience members seated on stationary bikes will be asked to pedal alongside Ritchie as he traverses the dangers and highs of urban transportation and gig work culture.
Inspired by true experiences as a bike food courier in Toronto, and the financial and physical precariousness of trying to 'make living' in Canada, Cycle will get your blood pumping and cultivate a new respect for the two-wheeled travel.
PREMIERE CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Kristi Hansen
Choreographer: Ainsley Hillyard
Lighting & Projected Media Designer: T. Erin Gruber
Assistant Designer: Skye Grinde
Sound Designer: liv mcrobbie
Actor/Playwright: Andrew Ritchie
Dramaturge: Geoffrey Simon Brown
Stage Manager: Galen Hite
Producers: Alyson Dicey & Dayna Lea Hoffmann
WORKSHOP CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright/Actor: Andrew Ritchie
Director: Kristi Hansen
Choreographer: Ainsley Hillyard
Dramaturge: Geoffrey Simon Brown
Sound Designer: Liv McRobbie
Stage Manager: Galen Hite
Producer: Dayna Lea Hoffmann
PRODUCTION HISTORY
2024 - World Premiere at Mile Zero Dance produced by Thou Art Here Theatre
2023 - Workshop Production at Fringe Theatre Adventures
2021 - Developed at Good Women Dance Collective’s Creative Incubator
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Thou Art Here Theatre is supported by the Edmonton Arts Council and the City of Edmonton.
