Comic Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown banned from one other venue
Veteran comic Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has been cancelled by one more venue after Rhyl Pavilion determined to dam the 78-year outdated from reappearing subsequent 12 months.
Just a month after the Grangetown-born performer appeared on the North Wales theatre, bosses there have since decreed that his act fails to slot in with their ‘inclusive programme’, so have turned down a request from Brown for a 2024 present.
Rhyl joins venues in Sheffield, Consett, Workington and Edinburgh in turning the comedian away, angering a lot of his followers within the course of.
Brown’s tour supervisor Ritchie Hoyle posted a press release on Facebook, telling those that his shopper received’t be heading again to North Wales subsequent 12 months.
“Unfortunately gang, I’m sorry to say Roy will not be returning to Rhyl Pavilion,” stated Hoyle. “We asked for a 2024 date after this year’s show and received this (below statement) back from the venue.
“I will look for another venue in the area who will hopefully host the show.”
According to the Daily Post, a spokesperson for the corporate answerable for the Pavilion, Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, allegedly informed Brown’s administration: “After careful consideration, we have taken the decision that the ‘Chubby Brown’ show no longer fits with our future plans for the theatre, or the inclusive programme we aim to offer.”
In April, Durham County Council barred Brown from acting at Consett’s Empire Theatre, with Hoyle insisting that the “snowflakes would not get us down”.
Last summer time, he was because of go on stage at The Platform, in Morecambe, however Lancaster City Council put a cease to it, with chief govt Mark Davies saying that Brown’s exhibits weren’t “compatible with these values”, with the council claiming that elements of his act had been “outwardly racist, homophobic and misogynistic”.
Fans reacted angrily to the news, venting their frustrations within the replies to Hoyle’s submit.
One commented: “Getting pathetic now. Roy, I can stick a marquee up in my back garden and I promise you we will fill it with all the people that still have a sense of humour. I guarantee you it would be a great night.”
Another wrote: “When the hell are these people going to wake up and learn? People are still paying money to go and watch Chubby… Chubby is still hilarious and telling very funny jokes, to an audience that want to hear proper comedy!! If you don’t like it, then don’t buy a ticket!”
A 3rd added: “Terrible! I was at the last show in Rhyl and thought it was fantastic. Laughed from beginning to end. Pavilion were very happy taking my money when I paid to watch the show, but won’t allow us to see him again at the venue!”
And a fourth stated: “What a country we live in where we listen to people who are offended by the contents of a show that they aren’t going to see it. The whole world is an absolute joke!”
It comes after the comedian – actual identify Royston Vasey – claimed he was informed he won’t be invited again to Crewe’s Lyceum Theatre. Further performances have been cancelled in Colne.