Lachlan Philpott: Plays One

Three plays by multi-award-winning Australian writer Lachlan Philpott including M. Rock Little Emperors and The Trouble with Harry.M. Rock is based on a true story about the enduring joys of music dancing and self-discovery and charts the fortunes of 18-year-old Tracey and her grandmother Mabel.Little Emperors: Little Emperor Syndrome is a term used to describe the behavioural time-bomb created by Chinas One Child Policy. Set in both Melbourne and Beijing and weaving between Mandarin and English Little Emperors deals with a single family as they attempt to negotiate the troubled waters of their shared history one that includes a hidden second child forced separation and deep wells of regret and shame.The Trouble with Harry: Harry Crawford and his wife Annie seem happy enough. Together they lead quiet unexceptional lives in the suburbs of 1920s Sydney working and raising a child. But when Josephine arrives at the door it sets in train a series of events that will result in an astounding revelation. A disorienting tale of deception and enigma which poses an essential human question: can we ever really know what lies in the heart and mind of someone else?