Built by Hand · Cromer, Norfolk · Since 2022

The Rebuild

Every panel, every sofa, every light. One coach, taken apart and put back together as something else entirely.

1968Plaxton Panorama
2022On the Circuit
30ftOf Coach
100%Hand Built
The Build

Stripped Back and
Started Again

A 1968 Plaxton Panorama is a beautiful thing to look at and a difficult thing to live with. Turning one into a working venue meant taking the interior out entirely and starting from the shell.

What went back in was wooden flooring, velvet theatre sofas, Art Deco wallpaper, a mahogany bar, a six octave piano, thirteen internal speakers, acoustic insulation, heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, a thousand litre water tank and a battery array big enough to run all of it for around thirty six hours without a hook up.

It was built by Laurence McMahon, known on stage as The Great Lorenzo, a Cromer based cabaret performer who has spent his working life in the kind of venues this bus was meant to replace. Every decision came from that. The quiet room exists because performers need to warm up. The bar is where it is because that is where people gather.

Full Interior Strip Out
Hand Built Fit Out
Acoustic Insulation Throughout
Solar, Wind and Battery
Built by a Performer
Cromer, Norfolk
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The Love Bus interior in daylight showing the piano and fit out The Great Lorenzo, owner and founder of The Love Bus UK
1968Rebuilt
Full side view of The Love Bus, restored and back on the road Front three quarter view of The Love Bus
BackOn the Road
And Again

Then It Got
Put Back Together

Not everything in the bus's history has been kind. At one point it was vandalised, which for a vehicle that is somebody's workplace, instrument and life's work is a fairly bleak morning to wake up to.

What happened next is the part worth telling. People offered to help before anyone asked. A fundraiser went up because so many people suggested it that it seemed rude not to, and the bus was back on the road for the following season.

It is mentioned here for one reason only. A green room is not really a vehicle, it is a place people become fond of. Artists remember it, festival crews look after it, and a surprising number of strangers have chipped in to keep it running. That is not a bad reference.

Back on the Road
Fully Restored
Community Supported
Still Touring
Where It Has Been Since
What Is On Board

The Specification

Battery Array

Roughly 36 hours of normal sound, lighting and auxiliary operation with no external supply.

3000W JBL

Thirteen high performance internal speakers, plus an external system for stage mode.

1000 Litres

Drinking water with pumped hot water, butane for heating and cooking, 80 litre refrigeration.

Sleeps Six

The rear section sleeps six, which matters more than you would think on a multi day build.

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