Bang Bang Bang (12 page)

Congo.

The IDP camp.

Children's drawings of conflict stuck on a fence.

MAMA CAROLINA.
Tu es enfin revenue. Dieu soit loué.

Et où es la petite Française?

SADHBH. She said to tell Mama Carolina and all the children that she loves you and thinks of you all every day.

MAMA CAROLINA.
Qu'elle soit bénie.
She was very agreeable with the children. I ask because a young nurse from Médecins sans Frontières shows me an article from the
New York Times.
We have worried about her.

SADHBH. Mathilde is now based at our Paris headquarters.

MAMA CAROLINA. I think
la petite Française
will not return.

This is a great sadness.

Poor Congo.

SADHBH. This is true. This is true.

And tell me – how is Amala?

MAMA CAROLINA. She does not cry so much these last months and she is one of the fortunate ones.

She does not have HIV. But I must tell you – in a camp like this – there are many rumours.

What happens if Mburame is not convicted?

SADHBH. The prosecutor believes they're going to make an example of Colonel Jerome Mburame. It'll have enormous impact.

MAMA CAROLINA. I am still frightened for Amala.

SADHBH. I will look after Amala.

I will make sure she is not identified.

MAMA CAROLINA. She has been waiting for you. One moment.

Amala? Amala? Come this instant.

She has been practising her English.

AMALA
runs in carrying a home-made gun.

She throws herself at
SADHBH.

AMALA. Mama Sadhbh, Mama Sadhbh.

Tu es revenue!

SADHBH.
Oui, te l'avais promis.

AMALA.
Regarde – moi, je suis grosse.

Je suis Américaine.

I want to be like you when I grow up.

Give me your sky piece.

SADHBH
gives
AMALA
her hat.
AMALA
puts it on and runs around and around. She points the gun.

Je suis Mama Sadhbh.

Je suis Américaine.

Je suis Irlandaise.

Je suis.

Je suis.

I am Amala.

I am Amala.

I will tell all the stories, Mama Sadhbh.

AMALA
shoots
MAMA CAROLINA.

Bang Bang Bang.

AMALA
shoots
SADHBH.

Bang Bang Bang.

AMALA
runs and takes aim at the audience.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

The End.

STELLE FEEHILY

Stella Feehily's plays have been staged at the Royal Court Theatre, Soho Theatre and Project Arts Centre, Dublin, among others. She was co-winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award 2007 for
O Go My Man.
Her other plays include
Duck
(Traverse Theatre, Royal Court);
This May Hurt a Bit
(Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, 2014);
Bang Bang Bang
(Octagon Theatre, Bolton, 2011) and
Dreams of Violence
(Soho Theatre, 2009).

A Nick Hern Book

Bang Bang Bang
first published in Great Britain as a paperback original in 2011 by Nick Hern Books Limited, The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QP, in association with Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre, London

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