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