Jaja's African Hair Braiding

‘Are we making money today or what?’

Welcome to Jaja’s! This bustling Harlem braiding salon is where neighbourhood women come to have their greatest hairstyle dreams come true, all in the hands of a lively group of West African, immigrant braiders.

Across one hot summers day, these women experience everything in the pressure cooker of the sweltering shop: from demanding customers to secrets and lies, laughter and betrayal. But each of these women has big dreams as well, dreams which increasingly pit them against the city they call home.

The UK premiere of this Tony Award-winning comedy reunites the team behind smash-hit School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play in writer Jocelyn Bioh and director Monique Touko.

BSL:

• Tuesday, 7th April, 7:30pm
  

Chilled:

• Wednesday, 8th April, 2:30pm
  

Audio Described:

• Tuesday, 14th April, 7:30pm
  

Captioned:

• Thursday, 16th April, 7:30pm

Age Restrictions

Performance Times

Now taking bookings for performances from Thu 19th March 2026 until Sat 25th April 2026.

Show times for each day are below.

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