W

By Madelaine Nunn
Directed by Rachel Chant

W

Inside the four walls of an elite AFLW club, a 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.

First produced by New Ghosts Theatre Company
& Old Fitz Theatre,
Sydney
29 May - 19 June 2026

cast and creatives

PLAYWRIGHT: Madelaine Nunn
DIRECTOR: Rachel Chant
PRODUCERS: Lucy Clements & Emma Wright
SET & PROPS DESIGNER: Meg Anderson
COSTUME DESIGNER: Aloma Barnes Siraswar
SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER: Clare Hennessy
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Luna Yuet Yee Ng
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

PRODUCING COMPANY: New Ghosts Theatre Company

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

reviews

★★★★★ “A powerful exploration of women’s experiences through a strong femenist lens. Exciting, emotional and thought- provoking.”
The Scoop

★★★★ .5 “Immersive and enthralling… a play for everyone, not just fans of the game.”
What’s The Show.

★★★★ "A cracking pace set by Nunn's tightly crafted, highly efficient and frequently funny dialogue"
The Sydney Morning Herald

★★★★ “90 minutes of non-stop action. Absorbing, funny, occasionally shocking and rarely less than all-out and full-on ...Laugh and gasp, and be moved by the unexpected.”
Stage Noise

★★★★ “Women of all generations will get something out of this show. A contemporary Australian crowd-pleaser.”
Limelight

★★★★ “Visceral… Nunn has crafted a compelling and necessary work. These characters are funny, flawed, sexy, heartbreaking, ambitious, and fully realised.”
Glassroom

trailer for W