The Last Mother

Joe Bakhmoutski in collaboration with Mammad Aidani

The Last Mother is a poetic and physically driven work set in the final remnants of a war-torn world. 

Inside a mudroom, a mother speaks to memory, loss, and the unseen presence of those she loved and held close.

Blending ritual, movement, and voice, the work explores the body as a witness to time - past, present, and what remains possible.

This is not a story of war, but of what we take with us: it’s the memory, hope, and being here.

FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT:

“Imagine the final war zone. Everything has been reduced to ash and twisted metal. Only one small house remains. Inside sits the last mother — the final mother left in a world that has been destroyed. In the dim light she begins to speak, remembering what has been lost and what still lives within her.”
 — Mammad Aidani

Writer: Mammad Aidani

Director: Joe Bakhmoutski

Performers: Louise Jameson, Emma-Lee Bonnin, Bianca Solomon

Creative Development: Ensemble

Movement & Process: Body As Witness methodology

Hero Image Photographer: Darren Gill