After a successful debut at The Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, writer and performer Jamie-Lee Money and director Larica Schnell bring their hit play Spin Cycles to The Baxter in 2025.
The production has its Cape Town premiere at The Baxter Studio from 19 February to 1 March 2025.
Spin Cycles is a one person show about spinning, grief, love, healing and everything in between.
Following its premiere at Edinburgh Fringe, media reviews included ‘impressive’ (The Scotsman); ‘With laugh out loud moments, health awareness tips and flickers of sarcasm she keeps it real’ (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine) and, ‘managing to coax so much genuine empathy into a chaotic and sardonic parable for the modern woman is a truly great first step upon the stage.’(British Theatre Guide).
Performed predominantly on and with a spinning bike, Spin Cycles explores the processing and suppression of grief through the strange cult-like world of spin classes.
It’s time to sweat out the sadness – Spin Cycles gives a cathartic look into why we search for something deeper when the inconceivable happens to us. After an earth-shattering year, can the journalist spin herself out of a slump as the thumping dance music envelopes her? She’s not in a cult … yet? Is she?
“I am thrilled to be bringing Spin Cycles home and making both the play’s and my own debut on The Baxter stage,” says Jamie-Lee Money.
“Grief is something we all experience in some way during our lives. Merging the line between spin class and theatre, the show explores what it is about passionate exercise studios that gives us a feeling of purpose and the sense that everything that was once upside down, can be turned the right way up again.”
Presented by Two Bits, Spin Cycles is written and performed by Jamie-Lee Money, directed by Larica Schnell with Lighting Design by Kieran McGregor.
Spin Cycles will be performed at The Baxter Studio in Cape Town from 19 February to 1 March 2025.
Performances are:
Tuesday to Saturday at 20h00
Saturdays at 14h00
Ages 16+
This show contains strong language, scenes of a sexual nature and references potentially triggering themes.
Bookings can be made at Webtickets
For discounted block or schools bookings , charities or fundraisers contact Carmen Kearns on email carmen.kearns@uct.ac.za and Mark Dobson on mark.dobson@uct.ac.za
