Sydney Theatre Cancels Flagship Performance, Apologises for Onstage Pro-Palestine Protest

Published on November 30, 2023

The Sydney Theatre Company (STC) has abruptly cancelled its flagship performance just hours after issuing a public apology for a pro-Palestine protest on stage. This comes after STC’s longstanding foundation board member, Judi Hausmann, resigned following the protest on Nov. 25, when three actors donned the Palestinian keffiyeh at the end of the company’s opening night production of Chekhov’s The Seagull. The three actors—Harry Greenwood, Mabel Li, and Megan Wilding—did not make a statement after the gesture. In a Nov. 29 statement, the STC said it was “deeply sorry” for the incident, and that the right to free speech should not supercede its responsibility to “create safe workplaces and theatres.”...

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