Kookaburra aims to create a financially sustainable arts company with an acknowledged reputation for artistic excellence; a company that attracts a broad audience and makes an essential contribution to our nation’s artistic and entertainment heritage.
• Present musical theatre productions
• Create musical theatre education programs
• Create and develop new musicals
• Perpetuate and develop the skills of musical theatre personnel
• Advance, develop and promote musical theatre with increasing reach into the community
• Affirm musical theatre’s central role in the social and cultural life of Australia
In 2006, Kookaburra launched with a Fundraising Concert supported by Australia’s leading performers, including Julie Anthony, John Waters, Debra Byrne, Marina Prior, Judi Connelli and Caroline O’Connor.
In 2007, Kookaburra...
• Presented two major musicals: combined audience reach 40,000 and box office income over
$1.8 million
• Pippin Production - nominated for 3 Helpmann Awards
• Company Production - won three awards including a Sydney Critics Circle award
• Presented An Audience with Stephen Sondheim, broadcast by the ABC and Foxtel
• Employed over 80 Performers, Directors, Designers, Technicians and Musicians
• Mentored over 15 new composers’ work through The Nest
In 2009, Kookaburra will launch the 2009 – 2010 Season and plans for Tell Me on a Sunday to open in Melbourne, before continuing to tour around Australia, New Zealand and Asia.