The Last Country (14+)

The Last Country is an immersive and deeply moving Empatheatre production featuring a powerhouse cast of some of South Africa’s top talents drawn from Kwa Zulu-Natal, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

The cast includes award-winning actors Mpume Mthombeni, Faniswa Yisa, Sibulele Gcilitshana and Andile Vilikazi, with a play text drawn from the 30 oral histories of migrant women collected as part of a greater research and advocacy project.
The Last Country subtly weaves together the stories of Ofrah from the DRC, MaThwala from Ndwedwe in KwaZulu-Natal, Aamiina from Somalia, and Aneni from Zimbabwe. Sitting in a circle alongside the actors, the audience are made to intimately listen to the four women’s experiences of leaving home and arriving in Durban, where they adopt various strategies in which to remake a sense of belonging. The Last Country parallels the experiences of struggle, pain, humor, hope and resilience in ways that explore the complexities, commonalities and differences of migrant women.

Directed by Neil Coppen, the cast includes award-winning actors Mpume Mthombeni, Faniswa Yisa, Sibulele Gcilitshana and Andile Vilikazi, with a play text drawn from the 30 oral histories of migrant women collected as part of a greater research and advocacy project.