Ellie has been planning this for years.
She’s on the precipice. She's going to do something.
Ellie’s mum is kicking her out, so she has one final chance to do the thing she always promised herself she’d do; the only thing she’s convinced will correct the wrongs of the past. As Ellie prepares for the biggest moment of her life, she will be forced to face the truth about her childhood, her family- and herself. But Ellie’s motivations are not what they seem, and as she hurtles towards her reckoning, her struggle interrogates the possibility and meaning of justice in an increasingly violent world.
SHARP EDGES explores themes of justice, grief and familial violence through a contemporary and darkly funny lens, taking the inspiration of a classic story - Sophocles' Electra - and transforming it into something deeply relatable and present.
Written by and starring Sophie Max, directed by Blair McAlpine.
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