Rider Spoke

Cycle through the streets, searching for the perfect place to hide a secret. Ride on and the voices of strangers will draw you to new and unknown places.

Rider Spoke invites you on a ride guided by a smartphone app with a narrator and a delicate score by Blanket. Think about the people in your life while you search for hiding places. Record messages and share them with strangers you will never meet. To cycle alone, in the evening, with no particular destination offers a rare freedom. Rider Spoke is an outdoor work, and begins at Festival Gardens, Chapelfield.

Rider Spoke premiered with a sold-out season at the Barbican in London and has since been shown in 20 cities worldwide.

Based in Brighton, Blast Theory create internationally celebrated experiences that explore how we connect with strangers and how technology shapes society.

Please note that those participating on bicycles need to wear a helmet to take part in Rider Spoke. We have a limited number of helmets available for you to borrow.

To take part, just bring your bike and a helmet and we’ll provide the rest. No bike? No problem. We’ve teamed up with Beryl, the bike share provider for Norwich to offer complimentary bikes.

Not a cyclist? You can also take part on foot, in a wheelchair or mobility scooter. See the Accessibility section on the right for details.

“A gloriously enlivening piece of theatre… the show’s greatest gift is that it manages to embrace the remorseless rush of the City while insisting on the individual’s ability to pierce it with quiet reflection.” Metro

“We are truly fortunate in this century, in the wired and anonymous city, to have rediscovered Aboriginal notions of songlines and Dreamtime, to explore with the aid of mobile technology a new form of strangely low-tech play. Rider Spoke was magical.” Icon