Explorations 2026

ENDLING

What if the stories we tell ourselves about who we are aren’t the whole story? Drawing from lived experience, ENDLING traces a woman’s shifting understanding of her late grandfather and the legacy he leaves behind. Moving between memory, imagination, and the present, a solo performer navigates a world shaped by a live chorus of men—part soundscape, part shadow, part resistance. Poetic, playful, and quietly disarming, the work holds complexity with humour and care, asking what can be transformed, what must be witnessed, and what might finally be released.

Writer/Performer: Rebecca Bower

Director/Dramaturg: Kirsten von Bibra

Performers: John Shearman, Tim Wotherspoon, Kurt Geyer

Set/Lighting/Costume Designer: Max Bowyer

Mentor Sound Designer/Composer: Kelly Ryall

Mentor Set and Costume Designer: Anna Cordingley

Mentor Lighting Designer: Thomas Roach

Contains mention of domestic violence, dying and grief

accessibility_percent50.svg Visual Ratings: 50%

Aural_Rating_50%_Symbol.svg Aural Ratings: 75%

Suitable Age: 16+

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