Wrest

At a bus stop late at night, at the scene of a violent crime, a woman watches herself split in two, her life ending and beginning at once. In the witching hour, when monsters are born, an uncanny doppelgänger emerges as the original woman mysteriously disappears. Stalked by detectives seeking answers, the doppelgänger hunts visions of her original self, determined to rebuild.

By day the doppelgänger hides out in her home. At night she enters the coat check of a subterranean nightclub. Pulling on the costumes of other lives, she visits versions of herself from the past and future, gathering clues about what really happened at that bus stop.

Wrest is a surreal crime thriller set in a neo-noir world, a mystery unveiling the monstrosity and mundanity of early motherhood.

A ferociously physical collision of theatre, dance and cinematic imagery, Wrest combines Red Leap’s transformative approach to visual storytelling with contemporary dance and martial arts choreography.

Enigmatic, surreal, hyper-stylized, and genre-busting, Wrest intertwines visceral body horror with profound empathy, challenging traditional storytelling boundaries and pervasive cultural narratives about motherhood.

Content may disturb some viewers, may contain partial nudity, strobe lighting may be used.

Ella Becroft – Director/Co-creator
Tor Colombus – Choreographer/Co-creator
Rachel Marlow, Filament Eleven 11 – Production Design
Eden Mulholland – Sound Design
Jessie McCall – Costume Design
Yin-Chi Lee – Assistant Director
Claire van Beek – Story development
Oliver Page – Story development

Devising Cast:
Ariāna Osborne
Sharvon Mortimer
Olivia McGregor
Louise Jiang
Tama Jarman
Shadon Meredith