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

Production Company: New Ghosts Theatre Company

Writer: Madelaine Nunn

Director: Rachel Chant

Producers: Lucy Clements & Emma Wright

Set & Props Designer: Meg Anderson

Costume Designer: Aloma Barnes

Lighting Designer: Luna Yuet Yee Ng

Sound Designer: Clare Hennessy

Production Manager: Topaz Marlay-Cole

Stage Manager: Cerys Greason-Walker

Movement Director: Poppy Lynch

Intimacy Coordinator: Cristabel Sved

Assistant Director: Jess Tovey

Director Observership: Tess Bowers

Assistant Set Designer: Rosie Slaviero

Cast (of 6): Danielle Cormack, Celeste Cortes-Davis, Edyll Ismail, Ally Morgan, Shannon Ryan, Grace Smibert

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)