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.
Presented by
Red Leap Theatre
Creative Team
Director/Co-creator - Ella Becroft
Choreographer/Co-creatorTor Colombus
Production Design - Rachel Marlow, Filament Eleven 11
Sound Design - Eden Mulholland
Costume Design - Jessie McCall
Assistant Director - Yin-Chi Lee
Story development - Claire van Beek
Story development - Oliver Page
Devising Cast
Ariāna Osborne
Sharvon Mortimer
Olivia McGregor
Louise Jiang
Tama Jarman
Shadon Meredith
Audience Warning
Content may disturb some viewers, may contain partial nudity, strobe lighting may be used.
Presented with support from Q Theatre and Thanks to Creative New Zealand and Auckland Council
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