Symphonie de la Bicyclette by Hew Parham

Presented by Brink Productions in association with Adelaide Festival Centre

Take in all parts of Australia’s biggest festival of cycling by heading to Symphonie de la Bicyclette at Adelaide Festival Centre.

Symphonie de la Bicyclette is a theatre show written and performed by South Australian Hew Parham and celebrates our fascination with life on two wheels.

Produced by Brink Productions, and presented in association with Adelaide Festival Centre, Symphonie de la Bicyclette is a 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.

These stories combine to create an absurdly hysterical, yet ultimately moving portrait of the quest for glory and heroism.

This will be the second season, and Adelaide Premiere, of Symphonie de la Bicyclette after the recent world premiere season was presented in association with Merrigong Theatre as part of the festivities surrounding the UCI Road World Championships Wollongong 2022.

Gather your cycling mates and get ready to laugh!