Monkey Baa / Jackie French

Monkey Baa is a dynamic and professional theatre company, started in 1997 by a trio of actors, Tim McGarry, Sandie Eldridge and Eva Di Cesare. One of the company’s chief aims is to adapt existing Australian literature for the stage and previous productions include: Worry Warts (from Morris Gleitzman’s novel) and The Bugalugs Bum Thief (from Tim Winton’s novel). Based in Sydney, Monkey Baa has a national reputation for producing quality theatre for young people.

Jackie French's writing career spans 17 years, 48 wombats, 132 books, 23 languages, 3,721 bush rats, over 50 awards in Australia and overseas, 6 possibly insane lyrebirds, assorted Burke's Backyard segments, radio shows, newspaper and magazine columns, theories of pest and weed ecology and 27 shredded back doormats.