Too many children in Western Australia grow up without access to high-quality creative experiences because of geography, cost, transport barriers or lack of opportunity.
When creativity becomes optional:
Barking Gecko Arts (BGA) changes this by combining:
So that children don’t just watch the arts - they belong in it!
In 2025 alone:
Children reported:
Creativity is often the moment a child realises they have a voice.
In the 2025 BGA production, Reasons to Stay Inside, children were given a safe and imaginative space to explore complex emotions such as anxiety, fear and connection.
One student reflected:
“I learned I was not the only one with these big feelings.”
These experiences are not incidental.
They are foundational to how children understand themselves, relate to others, and imagine their future.
With sustained investment, these moments can reach thousands more children across Western Australia.
There are many ways to make a difference:
Please get in contact if you would like to discuss your donation with the team!
Yes
Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
Barking Gecko Arts respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Western Australia, and Lands to which we travel nationally. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their deep historical and spiritual connection to culture, country, waterways, rivers, and seas. We are honoured to create our work on Whadjuk Boodja, the ancestral lands of the Noongar people.
Too many children in Western Australia grow up without access to high-quality creative experiences because of geography, cost, transport barriers or lack of opportunity.
When creativity becomes optional:
Barking Gecko Arts (BGA) changes this by combining:
So that children don’t just watch the arts - they belong in it!
In 2025 alone:
Children reported:
Creativity is often the moment a child realises they have a voice.
In the 2025 BGA production, Reasons to Stay Inside, children were given a safe and imaginative space to explore complex emotions such as anxiety, fear and connection.
One student reflected:
“I learned I was not the only one with these big feelings.”
These experiences are not incidental.
They are foundational to how children understand themselves, relate to others, and imagine their future.
With sustained investment, these moments can reach thousands more children across Western Australia.
There are many ways to make a difference:
Please get in contact if you would like to discuss your donation with the team!
Yes
Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
Barking Gecko Arts respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Western Australia, and Lands to which we travel nationally. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their deep historical and spiritual connection to culture, country, waterways, rivers, and seas. We are honoured to create our work on Whadjuk Boodja, the ancestral lands of the Noongar people.
