Ladies Football Club

On November 6, 1917, eleven female factory workers, sitting on a low wall with their feet up, look out at the empty factory courtyard. The prototype of one of the bombs manufactured in the factory lies there, in the middle of the empty space. And inexplicably, as if by mutual agreement, these eleven women—who do not have the right to vote, who have access to work only because all the men are at war, who are usually on the sidelines of the playing fields—decide to take possession of the ball and claim the space. The adventure begins… Text: Stefano Massini. Unpublished translation: Laura Brignon. Theatrical adaptation: Elena Bosco and Philippe Ricard. On stage: Elena Bosco and Pénélope Hervouet. Stage Manager: Emmanuel Lefebvre. Sound and Music Design: Christine Moreau and Matthieu Fuentes. Acting Consultant: Philippe Ricard. Object Theater Consultant: Cécile Vitrant and Marie Carrignon. Acting Coach: Magali Jacquot. Set Construction: Frédéric Bonora. Costumes: Marlène Rocher. Music and vocal preparation: Germana Mastropasqua and Xavier Rebut. Sound design preparation: Richard Durning. Filming: Axel - Enlight. Production: La Robe à l’Envers. Co-production: DRAC PACA, Var Department, City of Ramatuelle, Carré Sainte-Maxime, Théâtres en Dracénie, Théâtre de Cuisine, with support from POLEM – the “Objet(ctif) Marionnette!” initiative! 2025, Le Pôle, Le Pas de l’Oiseau. Support for the training program: SUD Region.