bloom
Past Productions - 2006
bloom
by Guillermo Verdecchia
Produced at the
Theatre Centre
February 25 to March 19, 2006
"...a poetic
look at a world where hope must grow in sandy soil."
Now Magazine
A war orphan and a war veteran live on the fringes of
a ruined world.
Gerontion, an ancient man, has shut himself up in a damaged house filled with
books he can no longer read. A nameless Boy appears, digging up memories and
stirring up ghosts that threaten the peace Gerontion has carved out for himself.
Surviving together now, they annoy and forgive, argue and play, unearthing a
past that the Boy needs to remember, and Gerontion would like to forget.
Inspired by TS Eliot’s "The Wasteland", bloom
is the compassionate, humorous
and haunting story of despair and hope played out between an old man with a
decaying soul, and the boy who bears the seeds of his redemption.
Awards and Nominations
2006 Dora Nominations: (Best Lighting, Andrea Lundy), Best Sound Design
(Thomas Payne)
Creative Team
Direction: Soheil Parsa
Featuring: Anita Majumdar and Andrew Scorer, with Simon Casanova, Peter
Farbridge, Stavroula Logothettis, and Beatriz Pizano.
Lighting Design: Andrea Lundy
Set Design: David Skelton
Composer: Thomas Ryder Payne
Costumes: Angela Thomas
Stage
Manager: Elaine Lumley
Photo of Andrew Scorer and Anita Majumdar by Guy Bertrand