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Hi, my name is Somalia, the writer of Crowning Glory. So, what is Crowning Glory about? It
explores how Western ideals of beauty influences how women across the world view themselves.
I am fascinated by how we are influenced by what we are fed by the media, and there is
negative and positive that comes out of that. I find it fascinating, and it influences the
clothes we wear, our choice of makeup, our hair styles. Specifically I focus on black
women's hair, and our relationship with it, and the rest of the world's relationship with
our hair. So we have seven women with seven different types of hair styles and they share
their stories. Through their stories we look at the common themes that everyone can relate
to. It is a humorous, rhythmic, poetic, fast-paced, if I do say so myself, beautiful piece of
theatre. The actors are fantastic and there is something in it for everyone.