FIXED DEAL is a play about drugs - both legal and illegal. It tells the story of those who are seduced by the glamour of drugs and of those who perpetuate the suffering caused by them ... those who become victims and those who grow rich from exploitation.

FIXED DEAL tells the story of four women from different backgrounds and cultures. The one thing they have in common is that they are all, in their various ways affected by drugs. FIXED DEAL looks at the way in which different cultures respond to different kinds of drugs.

Paulette Randall has written for Theatre of Black Women and took part in the Women Live event at the Royal Court in 1982, TALKING LACK. Her play, FISHING, was included in the first black theatre season at the Arts Theatre in 1984.

Decima Francis is on an Arts Council director's bursary, which she is spending with the Women's Theatre Group and Temba Theatre Company. She founded SAS Theatre Company in 1984 and is directing A SLICE OF LIFE at the Albany Empire in London.