'The local footy team of this small coastal town have spent so long at the bottom of the ladder they might as well be welded to it. This year a new hope arrives: the Marngrook cousins are named after the Aboriginal game that inspired AFL, and they’re match fit to bring home the team’s first flag in forever.
'This powerhouse new production manifests the physical and psychological demands that a football team faces under the Friday night lights. Set within the era of Adam Goodes’s war cry – and named for the number he immortalised – 37 asks ten actors to throw themselves into this world of blood and sweat to get at the values that drive a national obsession. Community, identity, the price of winning and the meaning of a goal: they’re all up for grabs.' (Production summary)
Co-produced by Melbourne Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre Company.
Presented at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner, 2 March - 5 April 2024 and at Bille Brown Theatre, Brisbane, 11 April - 4 May 2024.
Director: Isaac Drandic.
Co-produced by Melbourne Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre Company.
Presented at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner, 24 January - 22 February 2025.
Director: Isaac Drandic.
Assistant Director: Kamarra Bell-Wykes.
Set and Costume Designer: Dale Ferguson.
Lighting Designer: Ben Hughes.
Composer and Sound Designer: James Henry.
Co-choreographers: Isaac Drandic and Waangenga Blanco.
Cast: Syd Brisbane (The General), Mitchell Brotz (Gorby), Samuel Buckley (Apples), Thomas Larkin (GJ), Ben O'Toole (Joe), Eddie Orton (Woodsy), Anthony Standish (Dazza), and Ngali Shaw (Jayma).
'Race, community and identity in AFL.'
'Nathan Maynard’s great footy play is physically intense, following two Aboriginal players in a country team during the Adam Goodes era'
'Nathan Maynard’s great footy play is physically intense, following two Aboriginal players in a country team during the Adam Goodes era'
'Race, community and identity in AFL.'
