Possum Magic has cap8vated young readers for genera8ons and this magical produc8on has already enchanted over 170,000 audience members across Australia. Featuring spellbinding magic, puppetry and original music, Monkey Baa’s award-winning team has turned the whimsical world of the book into an exci8ng live experience for audiences aged three to eight and their families.
Lovingly adapted by Monkey Baa Ar8s8c Director Eva Di Cesare and Co-Founder Sandra Eldridge, Possum Magic is directed by Eldridge and features Sarah Greenwood, Teale Howie, Josh Virgona and Sarah Woods.
Audiences meet Grandma Poss, who loves making magic. She makes wombats blue and kookaburras pink; she makes dingoes smile and emus shrink. But one day, when danger arrives, Grandma uses her most magical spell to make Hush invisible. Hush has many wonderful adventures but being invisible isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and Hush longs to see herself again. One problem. Grandma Poss can’t find the spell to make Hush visible again. And then she remembers: this magic requires something special, something to do with food – people food! Join Grandma Poss and Hush as they embark on a whimsical journey to find the food that makes Hush visible again.
Monkey Baa’s stellar team of crea8ves bringing the book to life including produc8on designer Emma Vine (Spamalot), award-winning composer and sound designer Nate Edmondson (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) and magic and illusion designer Adam Mada (Harry Po;er and the Cursed Child).
“It’s tremendously exci8ng to bring one of Australia’s most loved iconic stories to the stage and we are honoured to have the support of Mem and Julie,” Eldridge said.
“With this show, we really wanted to highlight how important it is for young people to find their own voice and visibility and for those who are older to encourage and support their journey because it leads us somewhere new too.”
Author Mem Fox said: “Back in 1978, when I wrote a children’s story as a university assignment, I’d have died of joy if I’d known it would eventually become Possum Magic – and now a play! Although I’m as old as Grandma Poss, I’m as excited as a child.”
Possum Magic
2-3 July 2024
QUT Gardens Theatre, Brisbane
www.monkeybaa.com.au
