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'When Mrs MacIntyre, the scheming owner of aged care home Elm Grove, decides to cut costs by offering uni students free board in return for them helping out as carers, she does not count on the arrival of Finn Bailey. Lazy and unqualified, Finn soon clashes with over-worked carer Ruby, before setting off a chain of events that lead to romance, rebellion and a residents’ choir.'
Source: Melbourne Theatre Company.
Production Details
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Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company at Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse, 18 July - 19 August 2023.
Director: Dean Bryant.
Musical Director: Kara Stanton.
Lighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson.
Cast: Anne Edmonds (Mrs MacIntyre), Frankie J. Holden (Ron), Widya Makan (Ruby), John O'May (Roland), Christina O'Neill (Gloria), and Slone Sudiro (Finn).
Presented by Sydney Theatre Company at Roslyn Packer Theatre, 29 March - 11 May 2025.
Director: Dean Bryant.
Choreographer: Andrew Hallsworth.
Set Designer: Dann Barber.
Costume Designer: Charlotte Lane.
Lighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson.
Sound Designer: Nick Walker.
Production Dramaturg: Dean Bryant.
Dramaturgs: Matt Edgerton and Jennifer Medway.
Orchestrator & Premiere Production Arrangements: Zara Stanton.
Original Arrangements: Katie Weston and Ned Wright Smith.
Cast: Evelyn Krape, Vidya Makan, Mandy McElhinney, Maria Mercedes, Eddie Muliaumaseali’i, John O’May, Christina O’Neill, Jackie Rees, Slone Sudiro, and John Waters.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Musical Review: Bloom, Arts Centre Melbourne
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;
— Review of Bloom 2023 single work musical theatre'A musical set in an aged care facility? Sounds like a difficult task, but Bloom comes up roses.'
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New Aussie Musical Bloom Misses an Opportunity to Interrogate the Gaps in Aged Care – and in Our Social Fabric
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 August 2023;
— Review of Bloom 2023 single work musical theatre'Bloom, the new Australian musical produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, is proudly billed by the company as born and bred right here in Melbourne/Naarm.' (Introduction)
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Tom Gleisner on Why He Wrote an Aged Care Musical : ‘Too Often, Old People Are the Punchline’
Elissa Blake
(interviewer),
2023
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 20 July 2023;'Gleisner’s mother-in-law went into care during Covid-19, and he saw the worst of a system in crisis. But his debut musical Bloom is one of hope'
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New Aussie Musical Bloom Misses an Opportunity to Interrogate the Gaps in Aged Care – and in Our Social Fabric
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 August 2023;
— Review of Bloom 2023 single work musical theatre'Bloom, the new Australian musical produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, is proudly billed by the company as born and bred right here in Melbourne/Naarm.' (Introduction)
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Musical Review: Bloom, Arts Centre Melbourne
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , July 2023;
— Review of Bloom 2023 single work musical theatre'A musical set in an aged care facility? Sounds like a difficult task, but Bloom comes up roses.'
-
Tom Gleisner on Why He Wrote an Aged Care Musical : ‘Too Often, Old People Are the Punchline’
Elissa Blake
(interviewer),
2023
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 20 July 2023;'Gleisner’s mother-in-law went into care during Covid-19, and he saw the worst of a system in crisis. But his debut musical Bloom is one of hope'
