Smurf in Wanderland

David Williams-acclaimed documentary theatre maker, writer and football fanatic-is the ''Smurf''. For the uninitiated, ''Smurf'' is the nickname given to a Sydney Football Club fan.During the 2013-14 A League football season, Williams, a long-suffering Sydney FC fan, frequented Western Sydney Wanderers'' games on their home turf in Parramatta. Kitted out in his Sydney FC sky-blue jersey, Williams-the-Smurf stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the sea of red and black.His presence caused bewilderment and banter, but none of the hooliganism that''s come to be associated with the game-he didn''t need to fear for his life.Developed during Williams'' 2015 residency, Smurf in Wanderland is one man''s insightful and hilarious examination of football, tribalism, belonging and identity. It''s also a passionate defence of the fan-what it means to be a fan, the demonisation of fans and the artificial wedge that has been created between Sydney and its western suburbs.