Award-winning solo show celebrating the joy of cycling and human endurance, Look, No Hands by Scottish actor and writer Lila Clements makes its Edinburgh Fringe debut at the Red Lecture Theatre, Summerhall. There will also be three performances over two days at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre on 29 July and 30 July.
An uplifting story of hope and survival, Look, No Hands is inspired by a real-life cycling collision in 2010 experienced by the show’s writer and performer Lila Clements. Recipient of the 2021 National Partnership Award with Pleasance Theatre and Pitlochry Festival Theatre, this one-person play explores the female cycling experience and the phenomenon known as Post Traumatic Growth.
Directed by Anna Ryder, it has been made in partnership with Velociposse, a cycling club aimed at getting more women and non-binary people into cycling, with inspiration, support and knowledge.
Lila Clements comments, “I started writing Look, No Hands in January 2020. It was coming up to the 10-year anniversary of my bike crash – which is the centre of the show. When the pandemic struck and lockdown happened, I began to see parallels between my own experiences and the global trauma we were all facing – many people’s lives had been turned upside down by Covid-19 and we were living in completely new territory.”
Director Anna Ryder said, “Lila’s writing beautifully captures what it feels like when your world shifts forever. It’s pacy, moving and gives audiences a new lens through which to examine upheaval.”
