Jaja's African Hair Braiding
- 1hr 40min. No interval.
- Lyric Hammersmith
- 4.8/5 based on 58 reviews
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- Booking details
- Booking from: Thursday, 28 January 2027 Booking until: Saturday, 27 February 2027
- Running time: 1hr 40min. No interval.
- Age restrictions
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Jaja's African Hair Braiding description
The location for the gorgeous Tony Award-winning comedy Jaja's African Hair Braiding is a hairdressing salon in New York City where African immigrants skillfully braid their customers' hair. Back at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre following its UK premiere there in March 2026, the play whisks us away to an intimate, hot and sticky summer's day when the hair braiders and their customers exchange laughter and secrets, lies and betrayals, heartbreak and big dreams. This gorgeous celebration of community follows on from School Girls or The African Mean Girls Play, which won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, also written by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Monique Touko.
Jocelyn Bioh is a Ghanaian-American writer and actor, Monique Touko won Best Director at The Stage Debut Awards 2022 for Malindadzimu at the Hampstead Theatre. Now they reunite for the return of this critically acclaimed production, which first opened on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in the 2023-24 season before touring the US. Warm hearted with more than a touch of spice, it's a play to remember.
