Hair Returns To Serbia

Published on 8 February 2010 by Carrie Dunn

Hair has returned to Serbia 40 years after its premiere - but minus the nudity.

Director Kokan Mladenvic said that there was no need for nakedness as it would no longer shock today's open-minded audiences: "it is needless in this pornographic era."

He explained that his new version maintained the piece's "spirit of rebellion" while addressing "problems that the whole world is facing nowadays.

The anti-war hippy musical is also heading back to the West End this summer, taking up residence in the Gielgud, in a different production.