‘da Kink in my Hair

Directed by Weyni Mengesha
Presented by Soulpepper Theatre and TOLive
Written by Trey Anthony
Featuring Satori Shakoor, Olunike Adeliyi, Ordena Stephens-Thompson, Tamara Brown, Miranda Edwards, d’bi.young anitafrika, Shakura Dickson, Alana Bridgewater, Tiffany Deriveau, Chelsea Russell

Both powerful and uplifting, ’da Kink in my Hair is a musical testament to the challenges and triumphs in the lives of contemporary Black women whose unforgettable stories of love, hope, survival, and redemption are shared through monologues woven together by an original score.

Trey Anthony’s ’da Kink in my Hair spectacularly untangles the triumphs and tragedies of the devotees of Novelette’s hair salon in the heart of Toronto's Caribbean-Canadian community, Eglinton West.

This brand-new production reunites many of the original cast members with director Weyni Mengesha, who directed, wrote the Dora-nominated score and lyrics, and played in the band for the first full production at Theatre Passe Muraille in June 2003 as well as the remount produced by Mirvish Productions at the Princess of Wales Theatre in 2005.