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Company has now apologised for cancellation of Wednesday’s performance of The Seagull, saying it had a ‘duty of care’
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The Sydney Theatre Company has issued a third public apology after the on-stage pro-Palestinian protest by several actors during opening night of Chekhov’s The Seagull.
The protest, which saw three of the production’s cast members drape themselves in traditional keffiyeh headdresses during last Saturday’s curtain call, has attracted polarising debate on social media and prompted one of the theatre company’s foundation board members to resign.
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