A new play about women’s football entitled Sweet F.A. will premiere in Edinburgh this week.
The play tells the story of a women’s football team from Fountainbridge during the First World War. The team fight for their right to play after football authorities ban the game for women in 1921.
It is written by Paul Beeson & Tim Barrow and is directed by Bruce Strachan of Nonsense Room Productions. This Is My Story Productions will produce the play, which will be held at Heart of Midlothian’s stadium Tynecastle Park.
This marks Strachan’s return to Tynecastle after his acclaimed production A War of Two Halves in 2018 and 2019.
“We are thrilled to be returning to Tynecastle Park with a brand new production, telling this timely tale of the rise of women’s football during the First World War,” Strachan said.
“We’re grateful to Hearts for allowing us to take advantage of the outdoor, covered facilities in the main stand at Tynecastle, and we immensely look forward to meeting Tynecastle audiences again.”
Lianne Parry, head of heritage at Heart of Midlothian said: “We’re delighted to be able to welcome back the team from This is My Story Productions with a brand-new story to tell.
“The resurgence of women’s football in the early 20th century, to huge popularity, and the subsequent barriers and bans by authorities had a huge and lasting impact. Sweet F.A. manages to brilliantly capture the spirit of those war years and deliver a little bit of history with some real laugh out loud moments.”
Sweet F.A. runs from 5-30 August, with no performances on 16 and 20-23 August. Tickets can be purchased online.
Words by Amelia Hansford
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