W
by Madelaine Nunn
Directed by Rachel Chant

A WORLD PREMIERE

Inside the locker room of an elite AFLW club, one season tests everything: leadership, resilience, and the price of staying in the game.

Set inside the high-pressure world of AFLW, ‘W’ tracks an elite women’s football team throughout their season as they push towards finals. At its centre is Rosie, the team’s star captain, navigating leadership, legacy, and the cost of staying at the top.

As the team trains, wins, and fractures, personal lives collide with professional expectations. Ambition, motherhood, and media scrutiny sit alongside the raw physicality of the game. Success on the field demands sacrifice off it – and every choice has a consequence.

Fast-paced, funny, and emotionally charged, ‘W’ is an intimate and gritty look at women’s sport at a turning point: where bodies are pushed, relationships are tested, and legacy is anything but guaranteed.

Cast and Creative Team

Producing Company: New Ghosts Theatre Company

Writer: Jack Kearney

Director: Lucy Clements

Producer: Emma Wright

Set Designer: Soham Apte

Costume Designer: Rita Naidu

Sound Designer: Sam Cheng

Writer: Madelaine Nunn

Director: Rachel Chant

Producers: Lucy Clements & Emma Wright

Lighting Designer: Luna Yuet Yee Ng

Sound Designer: Clare Hennessy

Cast (of 5): Danielle Cormack, Celeste Cortes-Davies, Ally Morgan, Grace Smibert, Edyll Ismail, Shannon Ryan

Dates + Ticketing

Season: 29/05 – 14/06 (previews 29/05 & 30/05, opening night [invitation only] 31/05)

Times: Tues-Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm, Sun 5pm

Ticket Prices:

Concession: $38.50-60.50 + booking fee

Previews: $29.70 + booking fee

Cheap Tuesday: $38.50 + booking fee

Adult: $49.50-82.50 + booking fee

Approximate Run Time: 90 minutes

Content Warnings: Coarse language, discussions of IVF, fertility, miscarriage/pregnancy loss, body image, medical procedures, and substance references (casual references to alcohol and medications)