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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[Stephen Gray|Gray]], 1993
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[[Stephen Gray|Gray]], 1993b
  
 
"Curl Up and Dye still has impact" by  
 
"Curl Up and Dye still has impact" by  

Revision as of 16:23, 30 March 2013

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.


Later productions

Produced at the Theatre on the Square, March-April 2013by Daphne Kuhn, directed by Sue Pam-Grant with Quanita Adams, Robert Colman, Hlengiwe Lushaba-Madlala, Cindy Swanepoel, Lesedi Job-Smith.

Sources

Gray, 1993b

"Curl Up and Dye still has impact" by Peter Feldman, Artslink 03/22/2013[1]

"Curl Up and Dye still shocks" by Jennifer de Klerk, Artslink 03/30/2013[2]

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