KAMPHOER - die verhaal van Susan Nell at Roodepoort Theatre

Based on a true story, Susan Nell, played by legendary SA actress Sandra Prinsloo, was faced with an unspeakable ordeal during the Anglo- Boer War in the Winburg concentration camp. Directed by international award winning Lara Foot this powerful solo-production tells a story of a family dealt with a tragic loss thats followed by a devastating ordeal that will haunt them forever. Following Susan fathers death during the war, she and her mother end up in a concentration camp where she is brutally raped and left for dead by two British officers and joiner. She survives the traumatic experience and qualifies as a psychiatric nurse in the Netherlands. Sixteen years later, she travels to England during the First World War and while serving at a military hospital for shell-shocked soldiers, she recognises a patient as one of her rapists. With this unfortunate reunion, Susan has to relieves the rape trauma once again and is confronted with the pain that comes with humiliation of her past.
Ages: 14 years plus