Changing Cycles

In 2005 Ben took to the road on his bike, and spent the following three months exploring environmental issues across England, Scotland and Wales. Over the course of his adventure he visited eco-houses and centres, self-sufficient communities, power stations and protest sites, and as a result the Changing Cycles project was born.

Changing Cycles is an on-going project that explores the link between art and activism. Inspired by the work of such companies as Welfare State International , 7:84, Cardboard Citizens and PLATFORM, the project investigates how social and environmental change can be achieved through the arts. You can read a blog of the original journey (and some of the subsequent developments) here.

The first production under the Changing Cycles banner is the bicycle-powered solo show, Voices of Dissent. Future planned productions include a forum theatre play, a site-specific piece, a range of workshops and a theatrical bicycle journey to Jerusalem.