M.Rock – Sydney Theatre Company and ATYP

Overview

It's the story of 82-year-old Ruth Flowers (aka DJ Mamy Rock) that helps form the basis of Lachlan Philpott's new play, M.Rock. After attending her grandson's birthday bash at a nightclub in London, Ruth took a liking to the DJ scene. Up until her recent passing, DJ Mamy Rock was releasing dance floor club hits like 'Still Rocking' and '69' and performing in late-night venues all over the world (even in Australia).

In M.Rock, Philpott (Silent Disco, Truck Stop) and director Fraser Corfield start with a more Australian premise. Tracy (Clementine Mills) is an 18-year-old school-leaver whose gap year in Europe just turned sour. After she runs into trouble in Berlin and misses her flight home, Tracy's grandma — the knitting, piano-playing Mabel (Valerie Bader) — comes to the rescue and stumbles on a new nightlife hobby in the process.

M.Rock is a testament to the fact that it's never too late to become a shades-on-always type of show-stopping DJ. Dance floors don't discriminate.