East Renfrewshire venue cancels planned show after reports Edinburgh fringe audience booed people objecting to Israel joke
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It’s like you can’t mention them at all. Ever. Reminds me of Voldemort from The Harry Potter series. The characters would convulse whenever anyone uttered his name.
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A theatre has cancelled an upcoming show by the comedian
Reginald D Hunter following reports that Israeli audience members were heckled during his Edinburgh Fringe show after they objected to one of his jokes.
The Eastwood Theatre, where Hunter had been booked to perform in September and which is based in East Renfrewshire, home to Scotland’s largest Jewish community, cancelled his show due to “controversial comments”.
The award-winning US comedian addressed what he described as the “unfortunate incident”, which reportedly took place during his show at Assembly George Square Studios on Sunday, in a statement on Thursday which said: “As a comedian, I do push boundaries in creating humour, it’s part of my job. This inevitably created divided opinions but I am staunchly anti-war and anti-bully. I regret any stress caused to the audience and venue staff members.”