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On your bike: the cycle-powered show rethinking sustainable theatre

Long ReadsJun 1, 2023

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction at the Barbican. Photo: Helen Murray

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction at the Barbican. Photo: Helen Murray

Director Katie Mitchell and the creatives behind the ongoing tour of A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction take Tim Bano behind the scenes of this technically complex mission of powering an entire theatre show with bicycles

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