Mules
By Winsome Pinnock
Year staged: 1996
Opening night: 30/04/1996
Theatre Company: Clean Break Theatre Company; 1979
Staged in: Royal Court Theatre
Cast Size: 3
Synopsis
In a luxury hotel room, three sleek young black women are panicking. They are high-class “mules” (or drugs couriers) and one of their colleagues has absconded with the dope. If they don’t effect a delivery in Amsterdam that day then they’re done for. “I can’t lose this job. I can’t do anything else. Can you see me working in Woolworths?” asks the terrified Sammie, who has risen above her humble origins by carrying drugs for a living, and now spends her earnings on works of art.
Original Cast
Abi Eniola
Lou / Sammie / Pepper / Olu / Bad Girl 1
Clare Perkins
Bridie / Piglet / Rose / Bad girl 2
Sheila Whitfield
Lyla / Rog / Allie
Production Team
Terry King
Fights
Roxana Silbert
Director
Naomi Wilkinson
Designer
Noelle Morris
Assistant Director
Fergus O'Hare
Sound
Tanya Burns
Lighting