Protests erupt in London over the closure of “Cinderella” following Andrew Lloyd Webber’s decision to move the show to Broadway

Updated with quotes, 7:42: Members of the UK’s leading theater unions have been protesting in the last hour against the sudden closure of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Theater. Cinderella Travel to London’s West End and book more.

The Actors Guild Equity staged a protest outside the Gillian Lynn Theater after various actors and bands revealed via Twitter over the weekend that the show would be over in just six weeks before the show fully resumed and moved to Broadway.

Protesters waved protest flags and expressed their solidarity. Cinderella The actors and stage management warn that there will be lightning-fast protests in front of West End theaters in the coming days to show solidarity with the actors and stage management.

no member Cinderella The actors joined the public outcry and most were union representatives who worked on other shows in London.

About 20 Equidad members joined Bectu union representatives behind the camera and the protesters had three demands:

• Producers need to think about how their business decisions affect the real life of their workforce and how they communicate this: for example: don’t tell the actors or stage management that the contract expired on Sunday night. Holiday.
• Notify the union in advance of the planned closure and ensure that all cast members are informed individually in a timely manner before any news is released through social media or the press. Don’t assume that sending an email to an agent or actor after business hours will fulfill your obligation. This is not a question of the press, it is a question of workers’ dignity.
• Both current and future actors must be compensated. The full contract value of the current cast will expire on July 17 and appropriate compensation will be paid to those who have been hired and will begin work in early June.

Union officials also said they have requested meetings with the London Theater Society to study how West End actors and stage management are treated by the producers and owners of the theater.

Cinderella It is a modern version of a fairy tale written and written by an Academy Award winner. A promising young woman Developer Emerald Fennell. The June 2021 release was originally scheduled, but has been postponed for two months due to a pandemic.

Lloyd Webber’s really helpful group management wrote to the cast and group on Sunday, expressing “great gratitude to everyone involved in the show” and saying the company “performed. [UK] Pandemic During the Pandemic During the Pandemic During the Pandemic During the Pandemic During the Pandemic the feet of the government are set on fire.

Lloyd Weber, the UK’s biggest theater name, has been an outspoken critic of the government for the impact its policies have had on the creative industries, but for its decision to shut down. Cinderella It attracted a lot of criticism.

“We need to have dignity for the workers,” said Hannah Plant, an Equity staff member who joined the protest.

He said so too Cinderella The company must decide what further actions to take against the producers of the show.

“The members of this company will have to meet to decide if they find it convenient to go on stage. We don’t educate them, but if they decide there is a strong sense, then we will work on it.

Paul W. Fleming, General Secretary of the Capital, added: “The shareholders put on this show. They put their hearts and skills into living memory of the worst of two years. Now that they are unemployed, they have actually been released via press release. “All unions are fighting this form of practice right now and the fairness will be compensated for our members after they cause them pain and trouble.”