Beauty & the Beast - UK Tour & Palladium

[SuttonPeron]

He´s deleted said comment. What said friend accused EK of having done was indeed very serious.

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May 31, 2022 7:48:06 GMT SuttonPeron said:

He´s deleted said comment. What said friend accused EK of having done was indeed very serious.

Which comment? I can still see his original post and the victims friend comments on it

[SuttonPeron]

May 31, 2022 7:50:58 GMT @theatrefan2 said:

May 31, 2022 7:48:06 GMT SuttonPeron said:

He´s deleted said comment. What said friend accused EK of having done was indeed very serious.

Which comment? I can still see his original post and the victims friend comments on it

You´re right, it is still there. It had disappeared for me before.

[ladidah]

I can't see anything either, and I am horribly curious.

[oxfordsimon]

I think we all need to be careful on this one.

The allegations are very serious and sensitive

[BurlyBeaR]

A post with a link to a criminal allegation has been removed. 

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May 31, 2022 8:26:49 GMT ladidah said:

I can't see anything either, and I am horribly curious.

His post is still up and the comment by one of alleged victims friends is still there which leads you to their profile. All publicly viewable

[mrbarnaby]

He’s now posting screenshots of messages sent between those concerned. This cannot end well at all.

[lolalou]

Wow the genie from Aladdin is getting involved in the comments now.

[Deleted]

Whatever the truth Disney will be fuming this is going on. Such a shame considering how the casting was seen as a victory for inclusivity.

First cinderella, then legally blonde, now beauty and the beast...what the hell is going on with casts and social media!

I can see contracts not being renewed and people not being hired ad easily from now on.

[cezbear]

I can only assume there's no ongoing investigation or surely you wouldn't be allowed to post screenshots etc? If I were a casting director (and I would like to say that I think I should be ) I would be scrutinising social media for performers before hiring now.

[stagebyte]

May 31, 2022 11:16:02 GMT @theatrefan2 said:

Whatever the truth Disney will be fuming this is going on. Such a shame considering how the casting was seen as a victory for inclusivity.

First cinderella, then legally blonde, now beauty and the beast...what the hell is going on with casts and social media!

I can see contracts not being renewed and people not being hired ad easily from now on.

Probably with the younger, newer names whereas a ‘name’ like CHF continues to be entitled and outspoken on social media and is always in some fight with someone over a perceived ‘slight’ yet continues to get hired. These newer names probably see this and think they can get away with it too. I don’t think they understand diva is not a position to aim for.

[ladidah]

Wow, very shocking.

[d'James]

This is like a car crash in slow motion on Instagram. Surely someone is going to get done for libel.

[mrbarnaby]

May 31, 2022 11:19:15 GMT cezbear said:

I can only assume there's no ongoing investigation or surely you wouldn't be allowed to post screenshots etc? If I were a casting director (and I would like to say that I think I should be ) I would be scrutinising social media for performers before hiring now.

I guess the issue is that he has been unemployable since Disney fired him so at this point he has nothing to lose. Except dragging numerous
People through the mud with him.

[Deleted]

I also suspect Noel Clarke may have emboldened him

That said, if he really is innocent and has plenty of proof then you can't blame him if he has exhausted every other avenue.

[sph]

Well, I have looked at the various posts and stories and comments and the whole thing is a great big swirling mass of "yikes!"

That's a whole lot of drama created for Disney to deal with now in the run up to their opening in London.

Obviously I don't know what's true or who is right and who is wrong, but I can understand the desire to use social media to share your side of a story if you feel it isn't being heard elsewhere.

I just don't think it is going to do him any favours in the long run. If he has been officially accused of the things mentioned though, hasn't there been a police investigation? I was under the impression that it was only investigated internally by Disney?

[anxiousoctopus]

Ironically before today all that was known was that he was fired for 'inappropriate behaviour' with vague references to him being creepy around female cast and crew members, but in trying to accuse them of lying it's ended up revealing more about what he's allegedly done.

And before today it was stuff only people in the industry / with contact with the show would have known about, but now he's ruining his public image as well as his professional one.

[h86]

It’s all a bit fishy really that he has posted this just weeks before the show heads to the Palladium. This all happened in Oct/Nov last year, over 6months ago.

I feel so sorry for the three ladies whose names are being brought into this by him. He was fired by Disney. He must have done something wrong.

[h86]

First performance at the Palladium on Friday.

Does anyone know when press night is?

[thistimetomorrow]

29th or 30th june i think?

[robertb213]

It's the 30th, I was invited but I'm annoyingly busy!

[alece10]

First night tonight.
Anyone else going?
I've actually never seen the musical before so will be a nice treat.

[h86]

Jun 24, 2022 8:47:09 GMT alece10 said:

First night tonight.
Anyone else going?
I've actually never seen the musical before so will be a nice treat.

Yes I am tonight. I’ve seen it in Bristol at the beginning of the run, looking forward to see any changes!

[SuttonPeron]

I don´t think this is the revival the West End deserves after the lush original production (which had 26 people in the pit), but I´m sure the wonderful cast will smash it.