Ventoux –
Legendary Bike Race brought to the Stage
Ventoux
Washington Arts Centre
Thursday 16th March
2017
Ventoux, a
restaging of the dramatic Tour de France race between Lance Armstrong and Marco
Pantani, comes to Arts Centre Washington on
Thursday 16th March, 7.30pm as part
of the Sunderland Stages programme.
Performed with two road bikes, real race commentary and stunning film footage captured by the company as they cycled up Mont Ventoux, 2Magpies Theatre have recreate the 60 minute conflict with all the benefit of hindsight, charting the parallels of their early careers and the stark split in fortunes following the race.
Mont Ventoux has become
legendary in the Tour de France as one of the most grueling climbs in the race
and has a history which has inspired a solemn reverence of the ‘Giant of
Provence’, from the death of English cyclist Tim Simpson 50 years ago to the
spectacular crash last year which left eventual winner Chris Froome jogging
several hundred yards until he could get a replacement bike. Tributes are still
left to Tim Simpson on the mountain side.
Artistic director of 2Magpies
Theatre Tom Barnes said, “I really got
into cycling in a big way in 2012 when Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France,
and I began to look back through some of the greatest races and came across the
2000 Tour de France and Armstrong and Pantani. The way the story played out is
so theatrical in itself that it seemed perfect for retelling on stage with this
new angle of hindsight. We've had a lot of cycling fans come and see it – it's
brilliant to see."
2Magpies Theatre is a Nottingham based
company who explore topical and political issues. It was founded by Tom Barnes
and Matt Wilks, who graduated with MAs in International Security and Terrorism
in 2013. Their previous show, The Litvinenko Project explored the poisoning of
the Russian dissident, and their next show, Last Resort about the detention of
terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, will
premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Tickets:
Ventoux comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 16 March, 7.30pm as part of the Sunderland Stages programme. Tickets are from £6 and are available from www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or by calling 0191 561 3455.
Ventoux comes to Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 16 March, 7.30pm as part of the Sunderland Stages programme. Tickets are from £6 and are available from www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or by calling 0191 561 3455.
National Tour 2 Mar to 28 May
North East dates…
4 Mar Seaton Delaval
Arts Centre
Blyth St, Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay NE25 0DY
Times
and prices TBC
www.seatondelavalartscentre.com
| 0191 237 5460
10 Mar Saltburn Community
Theatre
Albion Terrace, Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12
1JW
7.30pm | £10
www.Saltburnarts.co.uk | 01287 624 997
16 Mar Arts Centre Washington, Sunderland
Biddick Ln, Washington NE38 8AB
7.30pm | £8.50
www.artscentrewashington.co.uk
| 0191 219
3455
18 Apr Alnwick Playhouse, Northumberland
Bondgate
Without, Alnwick NE66 1PQ
7.30pm | Pay What You Decide
www.alnwickplahouse.co.uk | 01665 510 785
Supported by Arts Council England Strategic Touring
funding, and made with support from Curve (Leicester), Nottingham Lakeside Arts, The Castle
(Wellingborough) and New Perspectives
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