Spokesong

About the show

Spokesong is set in two time periods. The first time period is 1970s Belfast, which focuses on the character of Frank who runs a bicycle shop founded long ago by his dead grandparents. This time period has a central love triangle between Frank, his girlfriend (the schoolteacher Daisy), and his half-brother (the leftist journalist Julian). Frank believes that the problems of the world he lives in are all connected to the automobile and that if man would return to exclusively using the bicycle to travel the world would be a better place. The second time period takes place 80 years in the past and is focused on Frank's grandparents, Francis and Kitty, while they are young. The Trick Cyclist floats between both time periods and acts as a master of ceremonies.