Performed on a spin bike, this London premiere, solo show is a darkly comedic takedown of a capitalist society obsessed with attaching morality to our bodies. Spoiler Alert: It’s our society.
Join an aspiring spin instructor as her enthusiastic attempts to create the perfect class are derailed by a forced journey of self-discovery. What starts as your average spin class, featuring tight lycra and sexy beats, soon gets weird(er?). The Instructor has big questions to ask: Is the industry she loves actually helping people? Why can’t she remember that weird dream? Does anyone else hear screams of terror?
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Running time
1 hour -
Age guidance
14+ -
Content warnings
The Company
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Kate Sumpter
Kate Sumpter
Kate Sumpter (She/Her) is a British American actress originally from Portland, Oregon. She got her BA in Drama and International Studies from the University of Washington and went on to train at LAMDA. Television credits include: The Little Drummer Girl (BBC). Theatre Includes: The Actor’s Nightmare (Park Theatre), Henry VI (Upstart Crow Collective), Pride and Prejudice (Book-It Theatre), Measure For Measure (LAMDA, dir. Rebecca Frecknall), and being a company member of The Satori Group. Kate was named ‘Best Solo Performance at the Edinburgh Fringe’ by Theatre Weekly for her performance in Spin.
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Kate Sumpter
Writer
Kate Sumpter
Writer
Kate Sumpter (She/Her) is a British American actress originally from Portland, Oregon. She got her BA in Drama and International Studies from the University of Washington and went on to train at LAMDA. Television credits include: The Little Drummer Girl (BBC). Theatre Includes: The Actor’s Nightmare (Park Theatre), Henry VI (Upstart Crow Collective), Pride and Prejudice (Book-It Theatre), Measure For Measure (LAMDA, dir. Rebecca Frecknall), and being a company member of The Satori Group. Kate was named ‘Best Solo Performance at the Edinburgh Fringe’ by Theatre Weekly for her performance in Spin.
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Sarah Jane Schostack
Director
Sarah Jane Schostack
Director
Sarah Jane Schostack (She/Her) is a director/dramaturg/creator. Select NYC directing credits: What I Left Behind (World Premiere, Hudson Guild Winterfest Best Short Play), Manere Fortis (World Premiere, Take Ten Festival Semi-Finalist), No Stranger There (World Premiere, 2014 Samuel French Finalist). Select international/regional directing credits SPIN (Edinburgh Fringe Festival/3Hearts Canvas), Urinetown (Lost Nation Theater, Winner Broadway World Regional Awards), Spring Awakening (John W. Engeman Theatre), Singin’ in the Rain (Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong), James and the Giant Peach (Barrington Stage Company). Select associate/assistant credits: The Last Five Years (West End, Dir. Jonathan O’Boyle), Taylor Mac’s The Fre (World Premiere, The Flea Theatre, Dir. Niegel Smith), Lincoln Center Originals: CRY HAVOC (Lincoln Center), The Stone Will Roll (New York Theatre Workshop, Dir. Reg Douglas) and three seasons with NewArts Newtown Musicals with Michael Unger and the Newtown, CT community in the wake of the Sandy Hook School Shooting. NAMT Directing Observer 2019. SDCF Observer to Peter Flynn and the City Theatre for Smart Blonde. SDC Associate Member. Birkbeck Theatre Directing MFA Class of 2022.
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Jamie Lu
Sound Designer
Jamie Lu
Sound Designer
Jamie is a London-based scenographer and an award-nominated sound designer.
Previous work at the Arcola includes: Utoya, Spin, Gentlemen, The Apology, We Started to Sing, Broken Lad.
Jamie’s theatre credits as sound designer include: English Kings Killing Foreigners, A Gig for Ghosts (Soho Theatre); The Poetess (EdFringe25): Big Big Sky, The Haunting (New Vic Theatre); Puppy (King’s Head); The Society For New Cuisine, Argos Archives, George, Tiger (Omnibus Theatre); Still Here (Tour and Jack Studio Theatre); Take the Stage 2024 (Donmar Warehouse); Autumn, Sorry We Didn’t Die at Sea (Park Theatre); Abigail’s Party (Northern Stage and tour); Midnight Tattoo (Drayton Arms); Foreverland, I’m Gonna Marry You Toby Maguire, Smoke, Tokyo Rose (Southwark Playhouse); The Government Inspector (Marylebone Theatre); Mother’s Day, Grills, Declan (Camden People’s Theatre); Ada (National Youth Theatre); Transit (The Space); Shakespeare’s R&J, Hedda Gabler (Reading Rep); 1984 (Cockpit); Going For Gold, Road (Chelsea Theatre); Burnout (R&D, Vault Festival and tour); Iphigenia (Hope Theatre); fester (Bridge House Theatre); Paradise Lost (Shipwright); The Unicorn, What The Heart Wants, How To Build a Wax Figure (Edinburgh Fringe 2022); The Blue House (Blue Elephant Theatre); Dirty Hearts (Old Red Lion Theatre). D.O.A., A Report to an Academy, Butterfly, The Most Beautiful Woman in the World (Baron’s Court Theatre); Apollonia, Flowers for Algernon, Black Mary Poppins (Focustage/Chinese Tour); Paper Crown (Corbett Theatre/Bloomsbury Festival); Wild Duck (West Side Theatre, ET Space, China); The Sound of Music (Chinese Tour); Sink (Courtyard Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe/Southbank Centre China Changing Festival); String (Lion and Unicorn Theatre).
As Assistant Sound Designer: Henry V (Donmar Warehouse).
As Scenographer: A Thousand Papercuts Skin Deep (Baron’s Court Theatre), A Report to an Academy·Live (online).
Sound design for Audio play: The Dream Machine (Fizzy Sherbet).
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Lee Newby
Set and Costume Designer
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Robbie Butler
Lighting Designer
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Drayton Alexander
Dramaturg