The Bean Counter
The Bean Counter is a about the Official of a jelly bean counting competition. It is a character comedy about a ‘jobsworth’ who uses some unusual counting methods to count how many beans are in a jar.
The show is highly improvisatory and can be adapted to suit a range of audiences and settings- including cabaret style, evening events, children’s events and ‘club’ pop ups.
The show began as a scratch at the Clown Cabaret Scratch Night at the Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh and has since been performed in a variety of settings from music and arts festivals including Tall Ships festival, Aberdeen, Solas Festival, Latitude Festival, Deer Shed Festival and at theatre festivals Edinburgh International Children’s Theatre Festival Opening Weekend, Babaró Children’s Theatre Festival in Galway. A short period of development took place in at Graffiti Theatre, Cork.
Previous shows:
Tall Ships festival, Aberdeen, 2025
Deer Shed Festival, Yorkshire, England
Latitude Festival, Suffolk, England
Solas Festival, Perthshire, Scotland
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
La Boheme, Adelaide Fringe
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh International Children’s Festival Opening weekend
Leith Theatre, Hidden Door Festival
Summer Festivals at Platform, Glasgow
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh International Children’s Festival Opening weekend
The Bean Counter is available for touring.
Download a tour pack here.
Scale of Venue: small to medium scale
Company size: 2 on the road
Length of show: 40-60 minutes. No interval.
Description: Physical, clown, comedy, new work, all ages.
Language: English
Suitability: 5+
Costs: Please contact us for more information on pricing.
To book a show or ask for additional information, please contact :
alicemcooper [at] gmail [dot] com
Images: Mihaela Bodlovic