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"In Pedal Pusher what Theatre Delicatessen managed to do with a couple of plastic chairs and some cycling shorts was pretty spectacular." Best of the Year 2009 - Time Out
"Pedal Pusher is theatrical revolution" www.guardian.co.uk
…the physicality of the play is as impressive as its linguistic and emotional energy" Remote Goat
2nd - 30th August 2010, Zoo Roxy, Edinburgh
Pedal Pusher is the true story of the Lance Armstrong, Marco Pantani and Jan Ullrich - three professional cyclists battling to become champion of the Tour de France.
Drawing on interviews, archive footage and news reports, theatre
delicatessen use devised performance and physical theatre to carry the audience through the mountains, the sprints, the crashes and into the intriguing dangerous world of professional sport
In Summer 2009, theatre
delicatessen's production
Pedal Pusher took London fringe theatre by storm. Now, in 2010, we are transferring to The Sanctuary, at Zoo Roxy as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Marco was incredible. The Italian hero courted by politicians, partied with rockstars and adored by his fans. Marco was the champion the Pope himself asked to meet. He should have been the greatest cyclist of his generation.
But Marco is lying dead in a hotel in Rimini.
And the greatest is an American called Lance.
Pedal Pusher is the true story of the Lance Armstrong, Marco Pantani and Jan Ullrich - three professional cyclists battling to become champion of the Tour de France.
Drawing on interviews, archive footage and news reports, Theatre
Delicatessen use devised performance and physical theatre to carry the audience through the mountains, the sprints, the crashes and into the intriguing dangerous world of professional sport
After all, to put yourself through all this for the sake of a bicycle race you'd have to be crazy.
Or on drugs.
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Pedal Pusher 2009, click here.