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The Ladies Football Club
Project type
theatre
Date
Jan - Mar 2026
Location
Sheffield, UK
The Ladies Football Club was a 2026 stage play at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre that dramatised the true story of WWI ammunition factory workers who formed a pioneering women's football team. Adapted by Tim Firth from Stefano Massini's original work, it explores their rise to playing in front of 50,000 spectators.
Cast
Jessica Baglow - Rosalyn
Leah Brotherhead - Hayley
Lesley Hart - Berenice
Bettrys Jones - Olivia
Ellie Leach - Brianna
Clair Norris - Melanie
Anne Odeke - Justine
Krupa Pattani - Cheryl
Cara Theobold - Violet
Chanel Waddock - Penelope
Charley Webb - Abigail
Joy Adeogun - swing
Jamie Randall - swing
Creative team
Elizabeth Newman - Director
Scott Graham - Movement Direction
Ben Occhipinti - Associate Director
Flo Gill - Assistant Director
Grace Smart - Costume & Set Design
Ben Jacobs - Lighting Design
Ella Wahlström - Sound Design
Pierre Flasse - Associate Sound Designer
Steve Parry - Additional Musical Arrangements and Recording
Ella Wahlström, Tim Firth and Steve Parry - Composers
Joe Ransom - Video Design
Juliet Horsley - Casting
