At the end of 2001 Bachman joined Lucy Montgomery and Barunka O'Shaughnessy to form the clown comedy trio Population: 3. Their first show "Gladiatrix "was devised with director Cal McCrystal and performed at the Soho Theatre in London and subsequently at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it achieved some success. Continuing the theme of taking Hollywood films and reversing the sex of the main character, Population: 3 returned to the Fringe in 2003 with their most successful show "The Wicker Woman "(which was seen by Robin Hardy the director of the original The Wicker Man), and its 2004 follow-up "The Elephant Woman," both devised with director David Sant.