Rocket travel – so passe, not to mention a fuel suck. It's been 50 years since the first moon landing; surely we've hit on a better way to explore the heavens. NASA's best and brightest shake their heads, strapping cosmonauts to another huge needle-shaped petrol bomb. In reply, Sydney Festival admits it's been studying the other Armstrong to unveil… a bicycle.
It's 384,400 kilometres to the moon and Sydney Festival want us to make the distance with pedal power. Stop by World Square and clock up a few kilometres on Sydney-based arts company Erth's latest invention, the Lunar Velocipede. Alternatively, 'donate' some of the kilometres you've ridden on your terra-bikes and help the city escape orbit. The Apollo 11 crew made the journey in three days, you've got two and a half weeks. Best get limber before blastoff.
Fly Me to the Moon is part of Sydney Festival's dramatic and diverse 2019 program. Check out the full lineup here.