Social Prescribing Project
Bloomin’ Buds
&
The Performance Ensemble
Bloomin’ in the Garden
Bloomin’ in the Garden is a devised performance created by The Performance Ensemble based in Leeds, in collaboration with Bloomin’ Buds with funding from Bradford 2025’s Social Prescribing pot, and technical and stage management support from AV at it CIC.
The play explores themes of summer fun, connectivity, community, nostalgia and looking for the joys in life.
For two weeks in August, we toured the show to different community venues from public to private spaces. Alongside the shows’ development, Bloomin’ Buds ran community engagement sessions creating the decoration for the performances. The groups loved working with our team to decorate bird houses, paint planters, make book marks and more!
The tour dates:
19th August
Sensory Play Session at St John’s Thorpe Edge - Audience of 19
Public Performance at Eccleshill Mechanics Institute - Audience of 31
20th August
Mindful Art Group Session at Albion Mills - Audience of 9
Public Performance at the Bradford Industrial Museum - Audience of 37
21st August
Park View Care Home - Audience of 11
Singing For Health Session at St John’s Thorpe Edge - Audience of 17
22nd August
Open Community Group session at St John’s Thorpe Edge - Audience of 13
Public Performance on a residential street - Audience of 3
26th August
Audiences were made up of children, young people, under 5’s, adults, adults with learning difficulties and older adults.
Check out the show and workshop gallery below
