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You Me Bum Bum Train

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You Me Bum Bum Train is an Interactive theatre performance devised by Kate Bond and Morgan Lloyd in 2004. The pair met as art students in Brighton, where they were studying illustration and film.[1]

You Me Bum Bum Train gained critical acclaim in the United Kingdom when it was awarded the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust prize[2] while showing in a disused office in London. In 2010 it won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for outstanding newcomer.

It returned in 2011 in a former postal depot in Holborn, and a new version of the show – at Empire House in Stratford, east London in 2012 – was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.[3]

In 2015 the show was mounted again, this time in at what had been Foyles bookshop on London's Charing Cross Road where their last show, started on 25 February 2016, finished on 29 April. 13,242 volunteers took part in the 2016 show.

You Me Bum Bum Train raised £120,000 for charity in the last production.

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Overview

[4] Hanna Hanra, writing for Vice, described it as a series of "highly detailed, absurd real life scenarios following one another on a nonsense high-paced narrative".[5] Ruby Wax, a passenger in 2015 said, “I’m in a really dark place right now. This is the only thing I’d get out of bed for, seriously it’s the best therapy.”

The entertainment magazine Dazed & Confused reported; "What was one of London's more obtuse treasures is set to become one of Great Britain's proudest moments." The Times said; "It leaves you questioning everything, and it's lots of fun."[6] Time Out magazine wrote; "My highlight of 2008 was You Me Bum Bum Train, if only real life were that interesting."

Response

Awards and Nominations

2013 - Nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre

2010 - The Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer

2010 - The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award

Controversies

You Me Bum Bum Train has provoked controversy due to the fact that none of the performers gets paid, though the directors stress that performers and crew are involved on a voluntary basis, that many are not trained professionals and that they are under no obligation to stay during performances.[7][8]

In November 2015 the trade union Equity criticised their £150,000 Arts Council England funding as YMBBT were advertising for professional dancers but were not paying them, despite selling tickets "at rates typical of a West End show."[9][10]

In June 2016 the trade union BECTU criticised YMBBT for "exploiting workers after advertising for unpaid production interns." BECTU launched an investigation concerning "the legality of the “outrageous” internships, which would see successful applicants work at least two days each week for a minimum four hours each day."[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Evening Standard interview, 11 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Barbican announces Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust award-winner". Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  3. ^ "Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre - Olivier Awards". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Andrew Dickson (11 December 2012). "Best theatre of 2012, No 9: You Me Bum Bum Train | Stage". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  5. ^ Vice interview, 19 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Album review". The Times. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  7. ^ Barnett, Laura (13 July 2012). "You Me Bum Bum Train gives actors a bad ride, says union". Theguardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  8. ^ Natalie Woolman. "Equity warns sell-out show of possible minimum wage breach - News - The Stage". Thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  9. ^ "Equity questions Arts Council funding decision - Equity". Archived from the original on 2015-11-26.
  10. ^ "You Me Bum Bum Train comes under fire from actors union".
  11. ^ "BECTU launches probe into 'exploitative' You Me Bum Bum Train internships".
  12. ^ [1][dead link]

External links

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