Reginald D.Hunter: Last News

A comedian’s show has been cancelled by a theatre, following an accusation that his act included a joke that was anti-Semitic. 

The Telegraph, on Thursday, two Israeli audience members walked out of his show after complaining about a joke where Hunter likened living with an abusive wife to “being married to Israel”. The audience members were reportedly heckled as they left the venue.The Glasgow show was scheduled for September 28, but the East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure Committee, which controls the theatre in question, said that the “controversial comments” led them to cancel the show (via BBC).They added that while they respect “the freedom of expression of artists”, they have a “commitment to our community and to our values of diversity and inclusion, which we take seriously”.pic.twitter.com/4A1vxXbl9G— Reginald D Hunter (@reginalddhunter) August 15, 2024All customers with tickets to the cancelled show would receive a refund, it said.Hunter posted on X/Twitter after the decision was made, saying: “There was an unfortunate incident in my new show ‘Fluffy Fluffy Beavers’.

A council which is home to the largest Jewish ­population in Scotland has cancelled a gig by a comedian who lambasted Israel in a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Glastonbury‘s Theatre and Circus fields.The Worthy Farm festival is set to return this year from June 22-26, with Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar to headline the Pyramid Stage.The latest line-up announcement has been made today (April 26) for the festival’s “colourful, vibrant fields of laughter, spectacle, pathos, and poetry that is Theatre and Circus”.The Theatre and Circus area at Glastonbury involves the transformation of three fields at Worthy Farm, with more than 1000 performances on stages both day and night.The area is described as a place where you’ll see “jaw-dropping stunts, side-splitting comedy and cutting-edge theatre and circus”.We're excited to reveal the 2022 line-up poster for our incredible Theatre and Circus Fields! pic.twitter.com/sb3PRYOl1v— Glastonbury Festival (@glastonbury) April 26, 2022“A place where you can move from fast-punching satire to breathtaking beauty in just a few paces,” the Glastonbury website continues. “Where you will always find the unexpected, the unbelievable and the unbeatable.