Take a look inside the rehearsal room of The Ladies Football Club

Rehearsals are well under way for our upcoming production of The Ladies Football Club, and the cast are being put through their paces by Director Elizabeth Newman, and Movement Director Scott Graham (Frantic Assembly).

We can’t wait for kick off, and for all of this energy, passion, and joy to arrive on the Crucible stage at the end of this month!

The Ladies Football Club is inspired by the incredible story of the women of Sheffield who stepped in to work in munitions factories when World War I forced men onto the front line to fight.

When the women start kicking a football around on their lunch breaks, it soon becomes clear that it’s not just positions on a factory floor these women can fill; it’s on the football pitch too. Finding unexpected strength through their new passion and teamwork they end up playing to crowds of over fifty thousand, all the time unaware something is looming that will blow the whistle on their beautiful game.

Selected as one of the Telegraph’s picks for Best Play to Book in 2026!

The Ladies Football Club plays at Crucible Theatre Sat 28 February – Sat 28 March. Tickets are available here.