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A single mum, a teenage daughter, and a new life in a regional town where neither quite fits. Billie is 16 and restless, trying to navigate the chaos of adolescence. Mum, meanwhile, is spinning into a rebellion of her own – in the sweaty, rough and radical world of roller derby.
Fresh from winning the 2024 Scotsman First Fringe Award for Outstanding New Writing for her play Cyrano, writer and actress Virginia Gay (Calamity Jane) returns with this heartwarming and boisterous story about what holds a family together. Conceived and directed by Windmill’s Clare Watson, this world premiere production turns the Sydney Town Hall into a full-scale roller derby track for an epic mother-daughter story where theatre, sport, live music and immersive spectacle collide.
Action-packed, hilarious and heartfelt, Mama Does Derby is about resilience and reinvention, about getting knocked down and getting back up again.
Stick around for a post-show talk following the 6.30pm show on 18 January.
"Windmill has built a reputation for artistically adventurous and emotionally complex shows"
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
“One of the smartest companies in the Australian theatre scene"
AUSSIE THEATRE
Co-Creator, Director Clare Watson is a multi-award-winning director and theatre-maker. In 2023, she was appointed Artistic Director of Windmill. Her first work for the company, Hans and Gret, enjoyed a sell-out season at the Adelaide Festival. From 2016-2022 she was Artistic Director of Black Swan State Theatre Company and the former Artistic Director at St Martins Youth Centre. Clare has directed work for several major theatre companies and festivals including Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir, Melbourne Theatre Company, State Theatre Company South Australia, Sydney Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, Adelaide Festival among others. She directed a production of Cyrano adapted by Virginia Gay which won a Fringe First Award in Edinburgh and was nominated in London for 3 Offies Awards including Best Production and Best Director. Clare is the recipient of a Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award.
Co-Creator, Writer Virginia Gay is an award-winning actor, writer and director. She recently starred in Colin From Accounts, SBS' Safe Home, Savage River and Thank God You’re Here. She was Artistic Director of Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2024/25 and received a Logie nomination for most Outstanding Supporting Actor for After The Verdict. She won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress for Calamity Jane, wrote and starred in Cyrano for MTC in 2022. Cyrano had a smash-hit new production for EdFringe 2024 (winning a Fringe First Award for Most Outstanding New Writing), followed by a London season (nominated for an Off West End Award for Best Lead Actor). In 2026 she will direct Yve Blake’s new show Mackenzie for Bell Shakespeare.
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