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A beautiful sunny Sydney day

- the largest playground in Australia in Darling harbour

- delicious canapes, Guylian chocolates

-kids, balloons, music, writers, actors, community

- Lend Lease, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner…

gathered to launch the first Australian dedicated youth theater with resident theatre company MONKEY BAA THEATRE!!!!

The hilarious Bugalugs Bum Thief had kids and adults rolling in the aisles.

Shows for 2013:-

I AM JACK – NO to School Bullying – by Susanne Gervay with actor Tim McGarry 11-16th March

NIT BOY – hilarious story – by Tristan Bancks 19-27 June

EMILY EYEFINGER – much loved books in a wild & woolly romp -by Duncan Ball 9-11 October

Creative Directors of Monkey Baa theatre are the brilliant team of  Tim McGarry, Eva Di Cesare, Sandra Eldridge

Patrons of Monkey Baa Theatre: Jackie French, Morris Gleitzman and Susanne Gervay

Bookings 02 8624 9341 www.monkeybaa.com.au

The Darling Quarter Theatre, opening on May 5, is part of Lend Lease’s new development at Darling Harbour, which includes two eight-storey office towers for the Commonwealth Bank and a giant children’s playground.

The theatre is the only purpose-built performance space for children in Australia and the first major addition to Sydney’s arts infrastructure since Carriageworks, which opened in Redfern in 2007.

The Sydney lord mayor, Clover Moore, said Monkey Baa was one of Australia’s flagship theatre companies and would be a great addition to Sydney’s cultural life.

Monkey Baa is planning four productions this year and hopes to attract 15,000 children and their families to the shows.

The Bugalugs Bum Thief opens on May 5.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/monkey-business-aims-to-put-bums-on-harbourside-seats-20120417-1x5ne.html#ixzz1sOTOtPSw

Patrons of Monkey Baa Theatre – Jackie French, Morris Gleitzman and Susanne Gervay

I LOVE MonkeyBaa Theatre.

Tim MacGarry, Sandra Eldridge and Eva Di Cesare, the Directors of Monkey Baa Theatre are creative, passionate and have done a brilliant job adapting Australian children’s lietrature for the stage.

Their adaptation of Jackie French’s ‘Hitler’s Daughter’ will be touring North America next year.

Next year opens with Tim Winton’s Bugalugs – it’s booked across Australia.

However the piece de la resistance is the adaptation of Duncan Ball’s ‘Emily Eyefinger – it was magic – the comedy, the digital support and animation enhancing the talented actors. Of course Tim McGarry (who plays my JACK in ‘I AM JACK’) was the star to me – he was hilarious.  They were all great and played to full houses.

The Christmas party was fun with cast members, production manager Sam Johnston (who did I AM JACK – love Sam), the Monkey Baa team. board members and of course … actors. Love them all.

HarperCollins’ new stunning offices looking over Hyde Park down the multi lighted William Street are fabulous.

CEO Michael Moynahan welcomed us – enjoyed his literary jokes. Well, it was a publishing event!

The launch party was fabulous – with everything from Chandon champagne, a cello welcoming us, fabulous food, jellybean bags, old friends – editors, authors, illustrators, the marketing and publishing team.

Shared great news with friends:-

Duncan Ball’s thrilled at the adaptation by Monkey Baa Theatre of  his Emily Eyefinger series to open at the Seymour in Sydney 9th July. I’ll be there.

Emma Quay’s new picture book is a total joy – Nudie and Rudie – two nudie toddlers celebrating family and life. Love it.

Lisa Forrest who’s nearly finished her new early teen novel with ABC Books an imprint of HarperCollins – about fantasy and circuses and sounds wonderful.

My news is of course that I AM JACK the play will have a season at the Seymour end of October and it’s just come out in Slovenian. So exciting.

Oh what a night…..!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flowers, flowers, flowers – my home is a garden – thankyou for all the flowers everyone for my Order of Australia.

Special thankyou to Monkey Baa Theatre for the roses.

As a patron of Monkey Baa Theatre, I’d love you to enjoy the warm and funny production of Duncan Ball’s Emily Eyefinger starts at the Seymour, Sydney – starts mid July 2011.

Bookings:[email protected]

ph; 02 9351 7938

‘I Am Jack’ will be performed at the Seymour October 26th – November 4th 2011

Sydney’s awash with books, film and festival – such a fabulous city.

• Sydney Writers Festival 16-22th May ~ www.swf.org.au
• Sydney Film Festival – 8-13th June ~ www.sff.org.au
• Kids & Young Adult Literature Festival NSW Writers Centre – 25th June ***** ~ www.nswwriterscentre.org.au

As the Director of the Kids & Young Adult Literature Festival at NSW Writers Centre, I’m proud to announce:-

The PITCH sessions – double opportunity – to pitch your work to publishers.

Publishers – Zoe Walton Random House, Lisa Berryman HarperCollins, Sue Whiting Walker Books ….

Film script writers – from Nickelodeum, ABC ….

Best selling Kids’ authors – Kate Forsyth~ fantasy,  Duncan Ball ~humour, Moya Simons ~ real life 

Social Media & beyond – William Kostakis ~blogger/author, Literature Live!~interactive TV to the world

Theatre – adaptation of books with Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People

Lisa Forrest - actor, author, emcee, TV and radio presenter, interviewer, mother, Olympian launching festival

The Kids & YA Literature Festival is intimate, real, connecting audience and speakers with inside information on publishing, craft, opportunities ~ getting into the creative life.

Limited numbers

Friendly social networking venue

Onsite free parking in the parklands of Callan Park Rozelle (near Balmain)

Supporting Room to Read – bringing literacy to the kids of the developing world

There’s so much news too. Have to get my photos in order 1st as lost them too- so just a quick entry because my son and bullying’s on my mind.

I loved speaking at All Saints -  the authors, creators, teachers, kids … it was about friendship, sharing story, inspiring young people and old.  I came home to beautiful fan mail and comments from All Saints.

I was moved when a parent-teacher sought me out after my talk on I AM JACK & School Bullying. She said that after hearing me speak, she’d shared time with her son and they’d talked about bullying in a real way. 

TEARY moment for me – because I’d been there with my son bullied and he couldn’t get me to hear him.

Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People is performing I AM JACK at a theatre in the Seymour , Sydney.

Dates: October 26 – November 4th.

Bookings: [email protected]; ph: 02 9351 7938

If you have a chance check out the youtube preview of Monkey Baa’s on my youtube channel:  www.youtube.com/user/sgervay

Monkey baa is also performing Duncan Ball’s joyous Emily Eyefinger – touring starts in July.

I Am Jack published by Tricycle (imprint RandomHouse USA), published by HarperCollins Australia; and translated into Korea, Bahasa, Vietnamese and Slovenia

I love Monkey Baa Theatre. They are doing a production of Duncan Ball’s Emily Eyefinger in 2011.

BIG NEWS!!!! I Am Jack will be performed by Monkey Baa Theatre at Ipswich Festival September 2011. I’ll be speaking there too – very exciting. Love Queensland.

So it’s Christmas Cheer tonight at the Rose Hotel Cleveland Street Chippendale opposite Syemour Theatre with Monkey Baa.