BLOOMSHED: PEOPLE

Bloomshed began in a backyard shed in 2012, when a small ensemble of dedicated performers and creatives began collaborating and experimenting with live performance. Since then, we have created eleven new devised works, touring to venues across Australia. Our work examines major political issues that attend our era: climate change, class inequity, and corporate greed. We are a close-knit group continually in a dialogue about new ways to reach our audience and empower communities to enact positive change. 

Bloomshed is: Elizabeth Brennan, James Jackson, Tom Molyneux, James Malcher, Edan Goodall, Emily O’Connor, Anna Louey, Sam Nix, Lauren Swain, Syd Brisbane, Laura Aldous, Justin Gardam, John Collopy, Nathan Burmeister, Samantha Hastings, and Jacinta Anderson.

AWARDS & PRAISE

“Melbourne’s indie theatre scene at its inventive best”
—The Age

WINNER:
Outstanding Performer (Pride and Prejudice, 2026) Drama Victoria Best Production on Playlist (Pride & Prejudice, 2026)
Best Production (Animal Farm, 2024 Green Room Awards)
Drama Victoria Best Production on Playlist (Animal Farm, 2024)
Best Production (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best Direction (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best Set & Costume (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best Lighting   Design (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best Sound Design (Paradise Lost, 2021 Green Room Awards)

NOMINATED:
Outstanding Production (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Outstanding Ensemble (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Outstanding Direction (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Outstanding Costume Design (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Outstanding Performer (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Outstanding Costume Design (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Outstanding Set Design (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Outstanding Sound Design (Pride and Prejudice, 2026 Green Room Awards) Best Ensemble (Animal Farm, 2024 Green Room Awards) Best Direction (Animal Farm, 2024 Green Room Awards) Best Performer (Animal Farm, 2024 Green Room Awards) Best Set and Costume Design (Animal Farm, 2024 Green Room Awards) Best Sound Design (Animal Farm, 2024 Green Room Awards) Best Lighting Design (Animal Farm, 2024 Green Room Awards) Best Ensemble (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best Performer (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best Sound Design (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best New Writing (Paradise Lost, 2023 Green Room Awards)
Best New Writing (Bad News, 2021 Green Room Awards
Best Ensemble (Paradise Lost, 2021 Green Room Awards)
Best Sound Design (Bad News, 2021 Green Room Awards)
Best Performer (Paradise Lost, 2021 Green Room Awards)
Digital Realisation (Paradise Lost, 2021 Green Room Awards)
Best Direction (The Nose 2020 Green Room Awards)

Elizabeth Brennan

Jacinta Anderson is a Stage Manager, Producer and Technical Manager, and has worked professionally in the Theatre Industry for the past 5 years. Some Stage Management credits include Us (Saint Martins Youth Theatre, 2021), The Ball Room (Chapel off Chapel, 2021), Everyone is Famous (Riot Stage, 2021), Virtual Intimacy (Asia TOPA, 2020), Gender Euphoria (Sydney Mardi Gras, 2020), Paradise Lost, (Bloomshed 2019), The Market is a Wind Up Toy (Bloomshed 2019, 2018, Sydney and Melbourne), The 2018 Tour of Always… Patsy Cline (Hit Productions), The Nightingale and the Rose (Little Ones Theatre, 2018), Anti-Hamlet (New Working Group, 2018), The Moors, (Little Ones Theatre and Red Stitch, 2017), The Happy Prince (Little Ones Theatre, 2017). As a Technical Manager, she has worked with Yummy Productions since 2019 on shows such as Yummy Deluxe (Speigeltent Barwon Heads, Sydney Mardi Gras, HOTA Gold Coast, 2020), Yummy Unleashed (Castlemaine Festival, 2021), and the filmed project, Yummy: How to Make a Western.

Jacinta Anderson

Laura Aldous

John Collopy

Tom Molyneux

Edan Goodall

Justin Gardam is a dramaturg, writer, and award-winning designer and director. He is a graduate of Monash University’s Bachelor of Performing Arts and completed a Master of Dramaturgy at the Victorian College of the Arts. He has won a Green Room Award for his work with Bloomshed, and has been nominated for multiple awards in this year’s ceremony. His wider credits include Everyone is Famous and F. (Riot Stage); Lamb, Control, and Wakey Wakey (Red Stitch); Paradise Lost, Bad News, The Market is a Wind-Up Toy and The Nose (Bloomshed); and I’m Not a Mime, The New Nine and Mime Consultant (Patrick Collins). As associate: Considerable Sexual License (Joel Bray Dance); Suddenly Last Summer and The Moors (Red Stitch); Merciless Gods (Little Ones Theatre); and Abigail's Party (MTC).

Justin Gardam

Emily O’Connor

James Malcher

Syd Brisbane

Nathan Burmeister

James Jackson

Lauren Swain

Samantha Hastings

Sam Nix

Anna Louey

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