
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
Australia
Run Dates
Nov 9 - Dec 14, 2022
Run Time
97 minutes
2022.11.09 ~ 2022.12.14
Melbourne Theatre Company
Shortlisted for the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama, this landmark Australian work written and directed by Andrea James (Dogged) tells the heartwarming story of Wiradjuri Australian tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Sunshine Super Girl is a joyful celebration of spirit and passion over adversity, and a loving tribute to a woman whose sporting prowess continues to inspire the nation. A young girl hits a ball against the tin wall of her family’s home with a fruit-box bat. This is where it all began for Evonne Goolagong. Hers is a quintessentially Blak Australian story about a girl from the bush who dared to dream, and with the unlikely support of an outback farming town, rose to become the No. 1 tennis player in the world, and a household name by the age of 19. Arriving in Melbourne following acclaimed seasons around the country, this unique production chronicles the emotional, physical and spiritual journey of Goolagong, and will see the Sumner theatre transformed into a ‘tennis court’ with onstage courtside seating to evoke the magic of Wimbledon. With its distinctive sensibility and humour, Sunshine Super Girl asks us to consider our nation’s future and the part we can play for the next ‘Goolagong’ waiting in the wings.
Andrea James
Playwright/Author, Director
Gail Priest
Composer, Sound Designer
Katina Olsen
Choreographer, Cast(Barbara / Ensemble)
Vicki Van Hout
Choreographer
Louise Gough
Dramaturg
Romanie Harper
Set Designer, Costume Designer
Karen Norris
Lighting Designer
Ben Anshaw
Lighting Designer
Mic Gruchy
Video Designer
Jax Compton
Cast(Mum / Ensemble)
Lincoln Elliott
Cast(Roger / Dad / Ensemble)
Ella Ferris
Cast(Evonne)
Kirk Page
Cast(Larry / Mr Edwards / Ensemble)