Dolly Parton musical suspended over homophobic abuse: Full cast leave stage mid-show after woman was left 'disgusted by gay character' - days after another audience member was ejected for 'shouting slurs'

A Dolly Parton-themed philharmonic was suspended aft the full formed walked disconnected signifier successful protestation of an assemblage subordinate who was 'disgusted by a cheery character'.

Stevie Webb, an histrion successful the accumulation Here You Come Again, has spoken retired astir homophobic maltreatment which is being directed astatine the formed of the philharmonic astir each week.

A amusement past Wednesday astatine the Opera House successful Manchester was delayed aft a pistillate shouting homophobic slurs caused a 'ruckus' amongst assemblage members. 

Mr Webb said the incidental came aft a amusement successful London wherever a antheral had to beryllium ejected for utilizing a homophobic slur. 

Dolly Parton has agelong been a protagonist of LGBT rights and successful 2014 spoke retired successful favour of cheery marriage.

In a video posted connected TikTok, Mr Webb fumed: 'The magnitude of assemblage members that we person had to eject from our amusement owed to homophobia is insane.

'Just this week, successful Manchester alone, past nighttime we had to eject idiosyncratic who was shouting retired slurs.

'On Wednesday we had to halt the full show, due to the fact that a pistillate was truthful disgusted determination was a cheery quality connected the stage.

'She was shouting retired and past each the assemblage started shouting astatine her and determination was a monolithic ruckus.

'She was yet ejected and we could commencement again but we were stopped for 15 oregon 20 minutes.

'It is brainsick it is happening astir each azygous week and it conscionable blows my mind.

'This is simply a Dolly Parton musical, archetypal of all. It is conscionable maine and Dolly Parton connected stage, my quality and Dolly Parton.

'London was the worst which is brainsick to me. I retrieve 1 feline who was shouting the f-slur helium was similar "I'm not present to ticker immoderate f-ing f***** speech astir his boyfriend, I'm conscionable present to spot Dolly Parton".

'It's conscionable similar perceive to what you conscionable said, you're gay. It's a Dolly Parton philharmonic mate, you're gay, it's going to beryllium a small spot cheery obviously.

'But the magnitude of people, it has truly opened my eyes due to the fact that we are successful specified a bubble successful this industry, but travelling the state and seeing however galore radical virtually cannot bare to spot a cheery idiosyncratic depicted connected stage, it is wild.

'I consciousness precise atrocious for them, it would beryllium similar if I had that absorption to the colour bluish due to the fact that it exists, it's not going anywhere, but I could not flight it.

'So I consciousness truly atrocious for them due to the fact that I would beryllium similar "Oh f*** the sky" but yet I'd astir apt conscionable realise ohio it's not really hurting maine and it is not affecting my life, it is conscionable bluish and it's conscionable not my favourite colour.

'But no, they  don't travel to that realisation. It is amazing.

'But also, work the synopsis. It is simply a philharmonic and it is simply a Dolly Parton musical. You're gay.' 

Directed by Gabriel Barre, the philharmonic drama tells the communicative of a diehard instrumentality whose phantasy mentation of planetary icon Dolly Parton gets him done trying times.

ATG Entertainment, which runs Manchester Opera House, has been contacted for comment.