The man who led an online campaign to get a theatre show in Bristol cancelled has proclaimed it a ‘phenomenal victory’ after it was scrapped because of what the theatre described as ‘unprecedented abuse and threats’ made against staff.
Actor-turned-culture-warrior Laurence Fox, who complained he had been a victim of ‘cancel culture’ after a controversial appearance on the BBC’s Question Time in early 2020, said he had taken up a campaign against a production of The Family Sex Show, which was due to be staged at the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol, and at the Egg theatre in Bath.
Both theatres now appear to have cancelled the show, although the Egg in Bath, which is part of the Theatre Royal, still says it will be staging the show to an invited audience.
