Game on! It’s 1920, and in post-war Britain, women’s football is big news.
Across the country, female teams pull huge crowds in fund-raising games for wounded soldiers. Huddersfield’s Ethel and Annie take a shot at the big time. Teammates at Atalanta AFC, they’re soon tackling new football skills, mastering the offside rule and kicking back at the doubters.
Cheer for Atalanta as our plucky underdogs learn how to play the game, take on the legendary Dick, Kerr’s Ladies – and find the toughest opponent of all is the FA.
“Whittington’s script offers gems for sports fans, classicists, social historians, feminists and pacifists old and young, fully justifying Mikron Theatre Company’s boast that it creates ‘theatre for everyone’ … winning entertainment.” The Guardian.
Cast: 2f/2m, multi-roling & musical skills. Revised script for a larger cast available.
Facts & Figures
Huddersfield Atalanta are part of the lost generation of 1920s footballers. They played for two seasons, facing the mighty Dick Kerr’s Ladies twice.
The 2021 tour brought unseen archive material to light. Atalanta now features in Huddersfield Town’s Hall of Fame.
Six original songs were written for the show by Kieran Buckridge.
In 2022, the Mikron production was revised and restaged at the University of Chichester Conservatoire. Both were directed by Marianne McNamara.
Photos Tony Johnson (Yorkshire Post) & Liz Baker (Performance).
