by Jewish comedians have canceled their Edinburgh -Fringe shows due to the “security concerns” of the employees, it was claimed.
Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon were booked to perform at the WHISTLEBINKIES event location during the festival.
Ms. Creeger should perform her show Ultimate Jewish mother, while Mr. Simon is supposed to organize a Jew-O-Rama of Jewish comedic talent.
However, the actions claimed that they had been informed that their appearances would be canceled after the bar employees at the venue expressed the fear of feeling “unsafe”.
It was claimed that after an announcement, the concerns were expressed that the event location would receive an additional supervision of the police if the security of the Jewish actions fears.
Ms. Creeger, who regularly plays live on BBC One on Sunday morning, said: “Unfortunately, this is part of an ongoing problem with which Jewish actors are confronted in this country. We are canceled and often for defeating.”
You and Mr. Simon said that on July 18, you were informed that your shows at Whistlebinkies would not go on. It is assumed that there were plans to exchange venues so that they could still appear, but it was too late to meet these arrangements.
Her shows no longer appear on the Edinburgh Fringe Listings website.
Mr. Simon said that he was concerned that the obvious “solution” for alleged security concerns was to “remove the Jews from the invoice” and added: “This is a symbol of the problem with which Jewish artists and actors are confronted in Great Britain.”
Management and ownership of whistlebinkies were contacted to comment on the canceled shows.
Ms. Creeger and Mr. Simon, who talk to me with the Jew? Podcast hopes that an alternative place can be found before the festival is over.
It is the latest in a number of incidents in the theater world since the conflict with Israel-Hamas began.
Last year, two Israeli spectators from the comedy appearance of Reginald D Hunter were booed after objections to a joke that compared the Jewish state with an abusive spouse.
Mr. Hunter then had several appearances canceled by venues and later appeared in court in the USA due to suspected anti-Semitic social media contributions. There will be a hearing in November to decide whether the private law enforcement put forward will continue.
At the beginning of 2024, the comedian Paul Currie was banished from a west -end theater after the event location “Jewish spectators was exposed to oral abuse”.
The Soho Theater consulted the police after he supposedly took out a Palestinian flag, and cried out to an Israeli audience to “get the F-hier out” before he will “be free” chants.
The theater then examined and banned Mr. Currie for the “horrific” intimidation.
