You Me Bum Bum Train: ‘There have been weddings, children and lifelong friendships made through this show’
Tickets for the interactive theatre company’s last show are almost impossible to score, though if you get one there’s a chance you’ll have your mind blown. But what exactly is it? The creators reveal what they can
The secrecy agreement signed on arrival means I can’t tell you about the part of the show where [redacted] is [redacted] on my [redacted]. Nor can I fully describe the flummoxing moment when I’m asked to [redacted] in front of dozens of [redacted]. Even the origin of the show’s eccentric title is a closely guarded secret. But I can tell you this: at the end of You Me Bum Bum Train, the logistically improbable production that has grown a devoted cult following over the last two decades, an A-lister at the bar looks at me, dazed, and asks if I’m real.
Dreamed up in 2004 by two university friends, You Me Bum Bum Train is the near-mythical operation that upends expectations of what theatre is and how participatory an audience can be. “We wanted to create an artform that was about other people,” says co-founder Kate Bond, “to give people rich experiences.” While the concept has grown, it has held on to the same heart. “I’ve never known what I wanted to do in life,” says Morgan Lloyd, the other half of the duo, “but this project gives a sense of meaning. It has a really profound effect.”
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