Backstage
Archive: July, 2023
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Melbourne loves Bloom
Hear what audiences are saying about Bloom, our funny and heartwarming new musical with book and lyrics by Tom Gleisner and music by Katie Weston.
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Meet the characters of Bloom
Get to know the eclectic bunch of characters that occupy Pine Grove aged care home in our new musical Bloom.
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Bloom in three words
We challenge the Bloom team to sum up this big-hearted new musical dripping with Australian satire and humour in just three words.
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Bloom behind the scenes
Step into the Bloom rehearsal room and hear from the co-creators, director and cast about bringing this big-hearted, one-of-a-kind new Australian musical to life.
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Grow A Little Older
Enjoy a first listen of the music of Bloom as the cast sing a snippet of the moving song 'Grow A Little Older'.
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I Wanna Be Yours on tour
Melbourne Theatre Company's Education & Families production of I Wanna Be Yours, by Zia Ahmed, toured to four regional venues in 2023.
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Escaped Alone and What If If Only in rehearsals
Take a sneak peek into the Escaped Alone and What If If Only rehearsal room.
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Emotion and heart
Learn about the inspiration behind Bloom and the process of creating this heartwarming new Australian musical from co-creator Tom Gleisner.
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Bloom programme
Read notes from the writer and director, meet the extraordinary team and discover what it takes to bring a new Australian musical to the stage in Bloom's digital programme.
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God, or what we can remember of her
Multidisciplinary artist Jesse daCosta shares her experience of Is God Is and how it moved, confronted and spoke to her personally.
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Bloom rehearsal trailer
Take a sneak peek into the Bloom rehearsal room.
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Meet Assistant Director Kuda Mapeza
Kuda Mapeza – one of our 2023 MinterEllison Future Directors – talks to us about making theatre that creates a multi-sensory experience for audiences and her experience as Assistant Director on Is God Is.