Curl Up and Dye

Curl Up and Dye by Sue Pam-Grant. A multi-racial, multilingual play about women in a hairdressing salon in the decaying Joubert Park area of Johannesburg, exploring racial tensions and prejudices in the city through its poignant and ironic dialogue. Shaped in rehearsal by the performers, Pam-Grant, ]]Lilian Dube]], Val Donald-Bell and Nandi Nyembe. First performed at the Black Sun nightclub in 1989 and, directed by Lucille Gillwald, then went to the Grahamstown Festival, before playing at the Market Theatre for three seasons from 1989 onwards, as well as at the André Huguenet Theatre. First published in Stephen Gray: South African Plays (Nick Hern Publishers) in 1993.

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