The Deplorables

Next date: Friday, 14 August 2026 | 07:30 PM

The story… Bendigo, 1874 two women’s teams play cricket for the very first time in Australia!

Money is raised for charity, 2000 spectators attend, the women are praised for their sporting endeavours and then – all hell breaks loose – as the press decides that women should stay home, know their place and sit down. They didn’t. Howzat! They came back the next year, and played another match, this time in front of five thousand spectators!

Presented by award-winning regional theatre company – SooT (Frankenstein, Under Milk Wood, 198(4), My Brilliant Career, Jane Eyre) – this joyous, uplifting, fabulously musical theatrical journey explores this momentous event and what it means for us here in the 21st century. These women deserve their place in history and it’s time to bring them back to centre stage where they belong – a tale of extraordinary women doing extraordinary things and the ordinary men who tried to stop them.

Written and directed by Dr Christine Davey

‘This beautiful story crackles with joy, love and energy!’