Through the Mud

Assata Shakur, a notorious Black Panther, is accused of murdering a state trooper in New Jersey in 1973. Ambrosia, a college student in 2014, is at the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson, Missouri, finding herself swept up in the consequences of protesting.<br><br>Two generations of women activists involved in the struggle for Black liberation in America.<br><br>Against a stunning soundtrack of gospel and blues, Apphia Campbell''s <i>Through the Mud</i> explores what it takes to become a revolutionary. Originally performed in Edinburgh in 2017, with the title <i>Woke</i>, it won a Scotsman Fringe First, a Highly Commended Award from Amnesty International, and was shortlisted for the Filipa Bragança and Scottish Art Club Theatre Awards.<br><br>This edition was published alongside the revival at Summerhall during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, co-produced by Stellar Quines and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, winning a Summerhall Lustrum Award.