About Monkey Baa
Monkey Baa was established in 1997 by three actors, Tim McGarry, Sandra Eldridge and Eva Di Cesare. Based in Sydney, the company has achieved critical acclaim for its work and today enjoys a national reputation for producing quality theatre programs for young people.
Monkey Baa's supporters
Monkey Baa's patrons
Our Mission
To produce high quality theatre programs for young people, their families, teachers and communities throughout Australia and internationally.
Our Vision
To be recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in the creation of meaningful and innovative theatre for young people, and to engage young audiences through the telling of Australian stories that entertain, inspire and encourage a greater understanding of the world and their place in it.
Our Goals
- Adapt and create high quality new Australian work for young audiences nationally and internationally.
- Develop and present quality theatre workshop programs accessible to all young people.
- Develop creative partnerships with other arts organisations.
- Achieve a financially stable organisation through diversified income streams – government (federal, state, local), corporate, philanthropic and self-generated.
- Develop and maintain a robust organisation led by highly skilled artists and administrators.
Monkey Baa (Bar) - a piece of playground equipment on which children can climb, hang, or sit. The monkey bar designation was for the resemblance that playing children had to the rambunctious akin to the climbing play of monkeys! (source: Wikipedia)
Theatre Tours
- 2010 Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks'
Fox - 2009 Sonya Hartnett’s
Thursday’s Child - 2009 Susanne Gervay’s
I Am Jack - 2008 Stephen Michael King’s
Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat - 2008 Susanne Gervay’s
I Am Jack - 2007 Wendy Harmer’s
Pearlie in the Park - 2006 Jackie French’s
Hitler’s Daughter - 2005 Tim Winton’s
The Bugalugs Bum Thief - Wendy Harmer’s
Pearlie in the Park - Alana Valentine’s
The Prospectors - 2004 Andrew Daddo’s
Sprung! - 2003 Morris Gleitzman’s
Worry Warts - 2002 Tim Winton’s
The Bugalugs Bum Thief - 2001 Gillian Rubinstein’s
The Fairy’s Wings - 2000 Gillian Rubinstein’s
The Fairy’s Wings - 1998 Tim Winton’s
The Bugalugs Bum Thief
Board
Chair: Kerry Comerford
Treasurer: Glenn Casey
Secretary: Darrell Kake, Amanda Buckworth, Penny Cook, Meagan Henderson, Jennifer Lindsay , John Saunders
Monkey Baa is a carbon offsetting producer
Monkey Baa is committed to offsetting the company's carbon emissions and work toward this through energy auditor Climate Positive, and through The Monkey Baa Paddock, a new forest area kindly donated by patron Jackie French to help towards reducing the company's carbon footprint.
