Given its prominence in our media and its place in our national psyche, you might expect that sports would often be depicted on our stages. Yet with some prominent exceptions, such as Nathan Maynard’s acclaimed 37 and David Williamson’s often-staged The Club, our sporting codes have made relatively rare appearances in theatre and comedy.
‘I played at school in year 7 to 9, and I loved how rough and fast it was. But then we were banned because we were girls! We held a strike in year 12 because we, the girls, had to go and watch the boys play, and they never had to come and watch us play anything. The creation of the [AFLW] was like seeing Kate Mulvaney play Richard III; a moment of total vindication.’
