road.cc Reviews Pedal Pusher
July 18th, 2009 by admin
Brilliant! An exhilarating, fact-packed Tour de Force "I'll admit, when they said to me 'Hey up TR, we want you to review a play about Armstrong, Ullrich and Pantani at the Tour de France, it's in a disused warehouse in the West End and they're going to re-enact the Tour, but without any bikes…but with audience participation" "Uh-oh" was my first reaction. Shows what I know, it was brilliant, an exhilarating, informative fact-packed Tour de Force. Anyone who's interested in the Tour won't fail to get something out of it… You will believe that three men on chairs are Armstrong, Ullrich and Pantani battling it out for Tour glory. The amount and depth of information on offer at times might tip things over into the realms of cycle-geekery, but who cares: I'm a cycling geek. If you are one of those cycling racing fans who has already immersed themselves in the details of Tour history much of this might not be new, but even then the engaging manner of the play's presentation really brings it all to life." Read the full Review Read more about Pedal Pusher More in our Blogs about Pedal Pusher Buy Tickets to Pedal Pusher securely online
A saleswoman I shall be
June 8th, 2009 by Frances Loy
Part of the trials and triumphs of being an Artistic Director of any fringe company is you are not just a director - you must suit your talents to all other areas that are required in putting on a show. One day we will be funded and pay lackies to do this work for us, but the truth is by doing literally EVERYTHING (yes, even clearing up the green room everyday seeing as actors are unable to clear up after themselves!), we have a greater understanding and appreciation of the sheer effort that goes into creating a company, running a space and somehow, somewhere, putting on 4 shows a year.
Pedal Pusher is well underway and my role this time alongside that of Associate Director, is Press&Marketing. To be honest this show is in many ways easier to market than others as we have a key target audience we've never approached before, and the show itself is throwing up inventive ways of marketing beyond that of the usual fringe flyer run and listings in Time Out - though can't say I'm particularly looking forward getting up at 8am on a Sunday morning to flyer Richmond cycling club.
The cycling community is mahoosive, and we've had a great response so far. As ever, the theatre press have remained stoically silent and I assume will do before the inundation of forced friendly phonecalls commences...
Tags: cycling clubs, marketing, pedal pusher, press, time out
Posted in Pre-production | No Comments »
Posted in Pre-production | No Comments »





