Possum Magic
- Monkey Baa Theatre Company
- Alexander Theatre
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts
$25 - $39
Mem Fox and Julie Vivas’ beloved picture book ‘Possum Magic’ has enchanted children for over 40 years. Seen by over 150,000 young people across Australia, Monkey Baa’s delightful adaptation returns to the stage.
Grandma Poss loves making magic. She makes wombats blue and kookaburras pink. She makes dingoes smile and emus shrink. But one day, when danger arrives, Grandma Poss uses her most magical spell to make Hush invisible.
Possum Magic takes us on a fantastical journey to cities around Australia to find the food that makes Hush visible again.
Featuring spellbinding magic, puppetry and original music, Monkey Baa’s award-winning team has turned the whimsical world of the book to a live experience for audiences ages 3-8 and their families.
A Monkey Baa Theatre Company Production Based on the book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas Adapted for the stage by Eva Di Cesare and Sandie Eldridge
Use code PEOPLEFOOD to access special $30 ticket price for 12.30pm shows!
Reviews
‘★★★1/2
Tenderly made and visually delightful’
Audrey Journal (2019)
‘Pack your Grandma, pack your child, pack enough vegemite sandwiches and lamingtons for all and go and treat yourself to a bit of theatrical bush bewitchment with Possum Magic’
Theatre Now (2019)
‘I honestly thought it was one of the best performances I have ever seen. I took my 4-year-old daughter and her friend and they loved it - they laughed and laughed, and were completely blown away with the magic’
Flora, patron
Creative Team
Director Sandra Eldridge
Adaptors Eva Di Cesare & Sandra Eldridge
Production Designer Emma Vine
Magic & Illusion Designer Adam Mada
Composer & Sound Designer Nate Edmondson
Lighting Designer Matt Cox
Vision Animator David Bergman
Movement Director Sam Chester
Puppetry Director Alice Osborne
Remount Movement Director Kate Sherman
Remount Puppetry Director Drew Wilson
Illustrations by Julie Vivas
About the Company
Monkey Baa makes great theatre for young people and for over 26 years we presented award-winning theatrical experiences that inspire and empower
young people across Australia and internationally. For the past decade, Monkey Baa has made its home on Gadigal (Sydney). This is where we work, play and produce high-quality theatre. We are one of Australia’s widest touring companies with 28 national tours to 135 regional and remote communities, 5 international tours and over 3000 performances reaching over 1.5 million young people.
