A tale of friendship, gardening and breast cancer

FLORAL NOTES: A tale of friendship, gardening and breast cancer

An uplifting new musical by Geraldine Brophy.
Also starring Jane Keller

TICKETS ON SALE NOW – A PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE

Penned by one of New Zealand’s most loved actresses, former Shortland Street star Geraldine Brophy, FLORAL NOTES is a brand new “micro musical” that is set to bounce into town with laughter, tears and garden trowels.

Described by one critic as "truly beautiful", FLORAL NOTES is headed for Gore, Dunedin, Invercargill, Oamaru, Ashburton, Blenheim, Nelson, Christchurch, Tauranga, Hamilton, Auckland, Whangarei and Kerikeri in March. Tickets are on sale now – an ideal Christmas present for someone you love!

Also starring cabaret artist Jane Keller, FLORAL NOTES is a delightfully woven musical story of two pen pals, Iris and Rosemary, who lose contact in their late teens but find each other again 40 years later.
Rosemary, a widow living on land in the Hawkes Bay, where she grows hazelnuts and micro greens for the commercial market, is a warm, instantly likeable, earthy eccentric and appears to have the ideal life. Iris, a successful art director, also a widow, living in New York is brash, sarcastic and in control.
When they find each other again on the internet, Rosemary offers to help Iris transform her New York roof top into a garden paradise ...by email.
As they rediscover their friendship, they embark on a future neither thought possible.

FLORAL NOTES is a tender, sometimes poignant, story of their journey from spring to spring.

“I hope you enjoy its tenderness,” says Brophy. “We could all do with more tenderness.

“Old friends become more precious as they sustain us in our common memories and walk with us into the manufacture of new ones. They’re there when life becomes too hard. A comfort beyond words.”

This is Geraldine’s 12th produced work and her first foray into the musical genre.

“I love going to the musical theatre and feel it’s a great way to get an uplift... Female friendship is a very important thing, especially as you get older. If you’re lucky, the people you have spent your most intimate moments with are still around you. Breast cancer is a difficult subject to centre any story around, and yet it affects so many people’s lives profoundly. As a partner or friend or relation, this will touch all of us at some time or another.”

“The beautifully written script by Geraldine Brophy is filled with pathos and humour.
Take your tissues and your best friend.” says Theatreview.

Coming to a town near you in March 2013
March 10 Gore St James iTicket
11 Dunedin Regent Theatre Ticketdirect
12 Invercargill Civic Theatre Ticketdirect
13 Oamaru Opera House Ticketdirect
14 Ashburton Event Centre Ticketdirect
17 Blenheim Civic Theatre Ticketdirect
19 Nelson Theatre Royal Ticketdirect
21 Christchurch Aurora centre Ticketek
25 Tauranga Baycourt Ticketdirect
26 Hamilton Clarence St Ticketek
28 Auckland ASB Theatre The Edge ticketing
29 Whangarei Forum North Ticketek
30 Kerikeri The Centre The Centre

$10 from every ticket from the Auckland show is going to Breast Cancer New Zealand.

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