Bum Notes

Bum Notes is a tightly-knit improvised musical troupe based in Dublin that have been performing sell-out shows roughly once a month since the start of 2024. We debuted at the Scene + Heard festival of new work, and have performed at the Dublin Fringe Festival (twice), the Edinburgh Improv Festival, and even Electric Picnic. Our most frequented venue is the wonderful Smock Alley Theatre, but we've also trod the boards of The Sugar Club, and even put on Ireland's biggest ever homegrown fully-improvised show to a packed out Royal Irish Academy of Music.

We begin every show by taking a suggestion from the audience. This can be in the form of just the title for a musical that doesn't exist (our standard format), an interview with an audience member (for our "You: The Improvised Musical", Dublin Fringe 2024), a year (for our "Bum Notes' Eras Tour", Dublin Fringe 2025), or a whole bunch of stuff (for our "Pick 'n' Mix" kids show we also did for Dublin Fringe 2025). We then make up an entire musical on the spot based around what we've been given. All the characters, lyrics, melodies, plot, harmonies, dance numbers, are all fully improvised. They have never been seen nor heard before, and never will be again.

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