Ban all-white productions of ‘Hairspray’.

Ban all-white productions of ‘Hairspray’.

Started
3 June 2020
Petition to
National Theatre and 2 others
Signatures: 370Next Goal: 500
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Why this petition matters

Started by Martha McKay

People have been saying how disgusting this is for years and yet so many schools and amateur theatre companies around the world continue to show offensive, all-white productions of ‘Hairspray’, a show that centres around the civil rights movement.

Chris Peterson, from onstage blog sums it up; “While the use of blackface is strictly prohibited because it's abhorrent. When all-white casts perform the piece, they typically use different colored clothing to mark the differences between white and black.” 

You can read his article here:

https://www.onstageblog.com/columns/2017/6/21/should-there-be-all-white-productions-of-hairspray


Sign the petition. Help put a stop to this awful white-washing. Don’t force anyone to hear a white person/ child sing ‘I know where I’ve been’ ever again.

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