Hair Stories On 28th November 2017 “My Fro & Me” – Hair Stories from Women of Colour – was at The National Theatre, London, UK. We talked hair, culture, identity, Eurocentric ideals of beauty on our stage and screens, and discrimination. Endlessly Afro. “The prime responsibility of the theatre is to show a culture its […]
Afro Archives Episode Ten: Why Go Natural With Your Hair? “Why Go Natural With Your Hair?” “It’s important to go natural because it’s who we are…let loose…let ourselves out…just be you” – says actress Alice Fofana. I wanted to ask this question “ Why Go Natural With Your Hair?” for our October release because it […]
Afro Archives Episode Nine: What Do You Do After You’ve Washed Your Hair? What Do You Do After You’ve Washed Your Hair? Shrinking hair, flexible hair, shiny, soft, fresh, bouncy – leave-in conditioner, no conditioner, blow-dry or shake it and go. Such variety among the actors in Afro Archives Episode Nine as we describe what we do […]
Afro Archives Episode Eight: How Do You Take Your Hair To Work? How Do You Take Your Hair To Work? A reveal into the world of extensions and wigs. The fixable practice of hair for beauty and health reasons. I think of this part of the hair experience as being a secret world. You have to […]
Does Your Hair Affect Preparing Character Parts For Auditions? Until now, the women have dominated Afro Archives, we have a lot to say! This topic of preparing character parts was no exception: “You don’t have an office worker with afro hair” is a theme running throughout. In Afro Archives episode 7 the men give us […]
What Do You Do With Your Hair For TV and Film Work? Hair Continuity…Afro Archives Episode Six I explored the practicalities of working on screen in Afro Archives Episode Six. TV and films are made sometimes involving scenes being shot out of sequence. There are also possibly re-takes over a period of time. A key part of […]
Afro Archives Episode Five: “What Do you Do With Your Hair For Theatre Rehearsals?” An actor in theatre rehearsals, wants to be free. We do not want to think about our hair. As the practicalities are discussed by the actors on what they do in theatre rehearsals with their afro-textured hair, to manage frizz and […]
Afro Archives Episode Three: What do you love about your hair and being an actor? In Afro Archives Episode Three I explored things we could celebrate about our hair. In three parts, we cover afro hair, straight hair, jew fros, braids and extensions. What Do You Love About Your Hair and Being An Actor? Afro Archives […]
Afro Archives Episode Two: “What Things Do People Say About Your Hair?” My hair looks like a Brillo pad?!!! Afro Archives Episode Two is a bit of bonding over the horrors of the experience of having other people comment on our hair. There is no question that the Afro-Caribbean woman has been the victim of verbal abuse […]
Twelve Episodes of Actors Chatting Hair – different topics, ideas & views. Episode One: True or False? Your Hair Represents Who You Are Our hair. We are born with it, and there is absolutely nothing we can do to change our natural hair texture. In an article dated 24th January 2014 “The Changing Business of […]
