The Color Purple - Leicester Curve / U.K. Tour

It is of course possible that she has now changed her views. I don't know how old she is but she seems young and this was 5 years ago. You have to say if she did have those same views now she's struggle in the industry given the large amount of LGBTQ people theatre has within it. Recently she appeared in a show with a drag queen in it, and they seem to get on well judging by their tweets to each other and Vicky Vox congratulating her on getting the role. I do think she is going to need to come out and explain herself though and make it clear she no longer holds these views, otherwise it's very troubling, especially given she will be playing a LGBTQ character.

I don't think the theatre/team are at any fault here, you can't expect them to trawl through years of facebook posts to check if they have ever said anything bad and i think anyone would assume that if you are in this very inclusive industry and auditioning for a LGBTQ role that you don't have any negative issues with that group of people. 

I think she should be given the chance to explain herself, to apologise for that awful post and to assure us that her views have changed if they truly have, and it needs to be convincing. I think it would be sad to take a role away from a person for something they said 5 years ago, and at a young age, if they are sincerely apologetic and have changed their ways. But I agree we, the LGBT+ community, deserve both an apology and an explanation!

I'm all for explaining yourself. Interesting though if you look at her twitter, she's taken the time to actively reply to other tweets sent to her or stuff she's commented on, but not on this. Which could be considered by most, an importsnt thing to address.

Yeah I've just read the comment from FabiDabi Dolls and if it's true, I am done with her.

"...her past views and support of her father who fiercely supports gay conversion therapy..."

I presume that she would have had to audition for this role? How would she be able to empathise with the character if she still holds the same views as five years previously and why would she even want to play this role if she knew that the character was diametrically opposed to her own personal views.She needs to make her current views on the matter very clear asap.

I don't know if it's true or not, that's why I made a point of saying "if it's true". But we have evidence of her being homophobic so anything is possible and I'm not here for it.

Well done danieljohnson14 for tagging her! 😂

Wow this is really bad. Granted it is a while ago but it will have to be addressed

Curve have just tweeted

The views expressed in the historic social media post by a member of Curve and @brumhippodrome’s The Color Purple cast in no way reflect those held by either of our theatres. We will be looking into the matter and will issue a full response in due course.

Sorry I couldn't work out how to post a screenshot

The last tweet from the Hippodrome (pre this issue being raised) just happened to be:

"We love having a show like @kinkybootsuk in our theatre that spreads the importance of love and acceptance."

I'm actually glad he tweeted for once. It should get attention, this kind of casting shouldn't happen and she should be called out for it.

See. f***ed up. Get her out, if they go any other way, it's just wrong and this production shouldn't be supported.