State Theatre Company South Australia presents Brink Productions
SYMPHONIE OF THE BICYCLE by Hew Parham
14th – 25th May 2024
Space Theatre
Adelaide Festival Centre
Followed by an outer metropolitan and regional SA tour
‘Medals aren’t meant to be worn on the shirt; they are to be worn on the soul.’
Gino Bartali (1914-2000)
After a SOLD-OUT season in January 2023, you don’t want to miss this funny, heartfelt one-man show about cycling and obsession, envy and ambition, winning and losing, and finding the inner grit to dominate the mountain stages of life.
Hew is a passionate wannabe cyclist. But Hew is in a malaise. Stuck in a cycle of dead-end jobs and missed opportunities he has long harboured a pathological envy of his more successful high school friend, now professional cyclist, Jake.
Told in parallel with our hero’s tale is the story of the great Gino Bartali (1914 – 2000), winner of the Tour de France in 1938 and 1948, who, in WWII, risked his life to save Jewish lives in Northern Italy by secretly transporting documents in his bicycle.
In Symphonie of the Bicycle these stories combine to create an absurdly hysterical yet ultimately moving portrait of the quest for glory and heroism.
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Single tickets available on this page, or through Ticketek, from 1st December 2023.
Suitable for ages 12+
80 minute duration
Contains coarse language
Symphonie of the Bicycle has had two previous seasons:
Merrigong Theatre
21st - 24th September, 2022
Space Theatre
Adelaide Festival Centre
17th - 21st January, 2023
Previously supported by
Original commissioning partners Merrigong Theatre and Adelaide Festival Centre.