Haircuts by Children is exactly what it sounds like: children are trained to cut hair, then offer free haircuts to the public in a real hair salón. It is a performance about insane haircuts, power and trust, where audience and viewers are challenged to set their vanity aside, relinquish control, and trust that a 10-year-old has the creative ability, dexterity and responsibility to command a sharp pair of scissors. It is also a performance about the intimate and rare moments shared between two very unlikely strangers - a child and an adult.
Haircuts by Children invites the consideration of children as creative and competent individuals whose aesthetic choices can be trusted. The idea that kids should be allowed to cut our hair evokes the same leap of faith, courage and understanding required to grant children deeper citizenship rights. For many it is actually less terrifying to contemplate allowing kids to vote! So, while Haircuts by Childrenis a performance with kids, it’s actually for the benefit of who they will become; for the adults who will have to deal with the consequences of eighteen years of political disenfranchisement.
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Conceived by Darren O’Donnell
Produced by Eva Verity
