We're delighted to announce that we've been shortlisted for The Stage Awards 2017. We're up for the Sustainability Award - for our "innovative approach to touring" and our "boundless enthusiasm". We're so proud of the entire team, who work tirelessly to bring cycle-powered Shakespeare to life - congratulations everyone! Read more, and see who we're up against!
Elle Dillon Reams, Lianne Harvey, Lizzie Muncey and Lotte Tickner are the HandleBards' first ever all-female troupe. Together with their Tour Manager, Stephanie Withers, they're currently cycling 1000 miles from London to Edinburgh, whilst performing open-air Shakespeare en-route. We caught up with them, to find out what life on the road with one of the world's barmiest touring theatre companies is really
Lizzie Muncey uses a GoPro to show us what life on the road with the world's first cycling theatre troupe is really like.
Wondering what the best shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe are? There are certainly thousands to choose from, but so little time to see them all! We’ve made a list of our top picks, plays that we we think you should definitely go and see. So after you’ve been to all four of our shows outdoors at the Royal
The Edinburgh Fringe can be notoriously uncomfortable. During your time there you will inevitably get picked on by a comedian, forced to be a magician’s assistant, or (in the case of one of our dads last year) be a one-person team against 1000 other people in a show run by a man dressed in a dragon onesie. The major
Liam Mansfield, Stanton Plummer-Cambridge, Paul Hilliar and Matt Maltby are the HandleBards' all-male troupe. Together with their Tour Manager, Olly Jacques, they're currently cycling 1500 miles from London to Edinburgh. We caught up with them, to find out what life on the road is really like
Having directed seven of our shows over the past four years, it's safe to say that James Farrell knows a thing or two about what makes a great outdoor theatre performance. Now, for the first time ever, he's willing to divulge his secrets for the benefit of all budding theatre directors out there. Without further ado, here are his top
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As we're into our fifth week on the road, it seems like a good time to reflect back on the weeks that have passed, and what weeks they've been! Weary legs and tired minds aside this adventure is proving to be the most exceptional I've ever had; but you don't want to hear about the cycling, the weary
Actors with bicycles, whatever next? The thought had this critic a little perplexed. Could they handle their mounts as well as the text, and not have the audience yawning? Well, those lissome young men, in the first flush of youth, had no trouble at all in extracting the truth from our great bard’s poetical dramas, forsooth while the sward with their antics adorning. And since there