NEWS: Jamie-Lee Money’s ‘Spin Cycles’ to Play at Camden People’s Theatre

It has been announced that Jamie-Lee Money’s ‘Spin Cycles’ will play at the Camden People’s Theatre for a limited run next month.

Written and performed by Money, the show is an exploration of grief and the strange places we go to feel something when life tips off its axis.

The show is performed entirely on and around a spin bike and is told through through a blend of stand-up storytelling and physical endurance.

Since its Fringe debut, Spin Cycles has been developed through a long-standing collaboration between writer-performer Jamie-Lee Money and director Larica Schnell (Hamlet: On the Radio, The Old Globe; A Midsummer Night’s Dream Globe for All Tour, The Old Globe).

Spin Cycles follows a young South-African journalist living in London, who is tasked with
reviewing a new spin studio for a luxury wellness publication. Amid flashing lights, thumping playlists and motivational mantras, Lolly faces anticipatory grief tied to her mother’s breast cancer, the loss of her grandfather and a close friend, and her anxiety about inherited conditions, illness and the body she inhabits.

Talking about the show, Jamie-Lee Money said: “Since writing the show, I’ve found two breast lumps myself – at 32, that’s a terrifying thought. Not only do I like my boobs and my hair, but, selfishly, I don’t want to go through what my mum went through. This show is about strength, bravery and confronting your demons, even when they’re only the size of a grape.”