The Year of the Bicycle
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The Year of the Bicycle
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The Year of the Bicycle NYC Reviews and Tickets

70%
(28 Ratings)
Positive
61%
Mixed
32%
Negative
7%
Members say
Great acting, Confusing, Thought-provoking, Ambitious, Quirky

About the Show

C.M.O.R.E. Festival presents an apartheid South Africa-set drama chronicling the friendship between two children as they navigate the tumultuous political landscape that separates them.

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153 Reviews | 15 Followers
72
Ambitious, Intense, Relevant, Resonant, Thought-provoking

See it if You like thought provoking non linear bare bones theater. Interested in interpersonal take on racial divide in South Africa

Don't see it if Want all the bells and whistles. If you want a straight forward narrative arc. Don't like to think about political / racial biases

204 Reviews | 13 Followers
72
Great acting, Intelligent, Relevant, Thought-provoking, Ambitious

See it if Spare drama about race relations and blend of metaphor and stark reality is your cup of tea.

Don't see it if A linear drama with an arc of plot development is necessary for your enjoyment of theater.

104 Reviews | 15 Followers
71
Enchanting, Confusing

See it if Great language, amazing acting, very cool stage pictures.

Don't see it if You're tired of inter-racial relationships being used as metaphorical fodder.

168 Reviews | 24 Followers
70
Great acting, Confusing, Disappointing, Quirky, Thought-provoking

See it if you enjoy spare productions with not so great scripts. you like interesting take on interracial relations.

Don't see it if you have had enough interracial relationship stories, you don't like a work that seems in progress, not finished.

85 Reviews | 50 Followers
69
Engaging, Fine

See it if you have a love of South Africa. This work is compelling and touching. If you have ever spent time there, this will surely resonate.

Don't see it if you are bothered by mediocre South African accents. Andile's Xhosa is pretty good, but Amelia's accent was hard to get over.

332 Reviews | 109 Followers
68
Enchanting

See it if You enjoy intimate experimental theatre looking back at childhood

Don't see it if You want a linear storyline based in reality.

175 Reviews | 24 Followers
67
Absorbing, Confusing, Great acting

See it if you like indie/experimental short films, then this is like its theater counterpart (small venue, less than an hr. long, 2 person cast, etc).

Don't see it if you like big productions/set/cast/etc. But the small venue makes it a more personal & absorbing experience- w/ help of your imagination. Read more

750 Reviews | 329 Followers
64
If this were a playwriting class, the instructor would say "nice draft," now come back to me with a play!

See it if intimate, decent acting, inventive staging, admirably try 2 show how black-white children's friendship transcends racism in 1997 S. Africa

Don't see it if experimental script bit of a mess; flashbacks from dead/broken teens (why?) 2 time of childhood friendship obscures potential strong story

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