Bonnie And Clyde - Drury Lane/Arts Theatre/Garrick/Tour

Word on the street is that Boggess is doing it.

(There is no word, there is no street” RHONY)

Completely agree Furet. Theatre has suffered more than most industries and it is only back due to the vaccines. This is a collective effort and everyone must do their part, including Osnes.

Like everyone she has a right to be anti-vax. But the result of that is that certain doors will be closed to her. 

This isn't about cancel culture. It's about safety and the "right thing" at population, not individual level.

Exactly. I don't see this as being about cancel culture. She still has a choice, and no one is forcing her to take a vaccine. But like everyone in all walks of life, she has to accept the consequences of refusing it.

That said, theatres in the UK haven't made vaccines mandatory, so it's the producer's decision what they do in relation to negative publicity.

She could do a couple of those a year and never need to work on stage again, in fairness...

Agree! But If there’s anything I’ve learnt from the last 2 years is that the theatre community / theatre twitter is anything but all inclusive and loving! - there’s just so much bitterness and anger, and an unwillingness to accept anyone or anyone’s opinion that doesn’t conform exactly with their own. The reaction to Laura’s vaccination status is a good example. I don’t agree with Laura’s position at all when the science says that the vaccine is safe, but she’s allowed to have her own opinion with the knowledge that she obviously will lose out professionally as a result, especially in NYC with the vaccination requirements. However, up until this point she’s been doing concerts or movies where she’s complied with all the covid safety protocols required of her, so I don’t see the issue. It’s not like she’s been flaunting the rules or laws.

As for the B&C concert, here there isn’t a requirement for cast and crew to be vaccinated, but the biggest issue is I guess that as of now Laura would need to quarantine for 10 days (because she isn’t vaccinated). Maybe she was assuming that by next year covid would be less of a problem and the rules relaxed, idk.

Yeah it’s the witch-hunt aspect to it that I have found sad. The absolute glee people are having in ‘cancelling’ her is definitely disturbing to me. And of course politics comes into it. There wouldn’t be the same reaction if Laura was an anti vaxer and an outspoken liberal. Believe it or not, it’s not just conservatives who aren’t getting vaccinated.

If her appearance actually survives in this concert- I feel tempted to
Book just purely so I can boo her. She should be ashamed of herself. For being an anti vaxxer, and also for publicly supporting Trump.

You are quite right.

I’m going to save my money and not book because we may all be dead by then.

"Let's apply some common sense" and get the vaccine and stop tolerating disinformation from anti-vaxxers like Osnes.

"Let's apply some common sense" and realize there are other women up to the job who care about public health, and our industry, enough to do the right thing.

"Let's apply some common sense" and stop letting these fools get away with their behavior. 

Hold them accountable. Mandates work. 

If you sincerely think that living "in a democracy" gives you the right to contribute to the spread of a potentially deadly virus, you should probably spend less time on a theatre chat board and more time examining your selfishness and foolishness.

Yes, just under 30,000 die annually of the flu in the UK. Compared to 137,000 who have died of COVID. So far.