Colonisation in this country has always been carried on the bodies of Aboriginal women. Many of these women, our grandmothers and aunties, were forced into domestic service in the homes of wealthy white families.

They cleaned, cooked and cared for white children while being denied the right to raise their own. They received little or no pay and faced violence and abuse without accountability.

Their stories were often hidden, dismissed, silenced and excluded from official records. From Gamilaroi playwright and actor Megan Wilding, Game. Set. Match. pushes against this reality.

Directed by Jessica Arthur, the play is set in the aftermath of a celebrated tennis player’s funeral. Joshua (Rick Davies), the chief financial officer (CFO) of the player’s foundation, arrives late to the wake. He is immediately outmanoeuvred by the unexpected presence of Ray (Wilding), a cleaner whose arrival disrupts the carefully staged surface of grief.

An awkward interaction involving the radio, rubbish and sandwiches on a portrait of the deceased quickly develops into a rally of words. The night unfolds across shifting spaces, while beneath the banter and attraction lies a darker reckoning with abuse, control and the stories people attempt to suppress.

This is an unsettling drama, using the language and rhythm of tennis as a........

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