WYNNE BREDENKAMP | At the Edge of the Light

At The Edge of the Light performed in November 2016 at Theatre Arts. With a pared set and new cast, it had runs at The Alexander Bar and The National Arts Festival Makhanda during 2017 and 2018.

Presented in partnership with Distell and the Baxter Theatre Centre
Written, Directed and Designed by Wynne Bredenkamp
Performed by Margot Wood, Sarah Potter, Rehane Abrahams, Mark Elderkin
Mentored by Tossie van Tonder
Poster Design by Wynne Bredenkamp
Photos by Jesse Kramer

‘You are here because of me’
‘I guess I should thank you’

Hurtling through the drenched night, Girl finds herself at the threshold of the last safe place she knows, hoping to find solace in the grandmother she remembers of her childhood. Instead, Gran has shut herself away, scared of the noises in the dark, suspicious of the knocks on the door and terrified of the things that lie just at the edge of the light…

A modern retelling of The Selkie myth.