A Christian West End actress who was removed from a lead role in a musical for a Facebook post that cited the Bible, is set to take a theatre and her agency to court for breach of contract and for anti-Christian discrimination, it was reported in September.
On 14 March 2019, Miss Seyi Omooba whose talent is described as ‘jaw-droppingly good’, had been given a lead role as Celie in The Color Purple. After the cast was announced, on 15 March, Miss Omooba was tagged on Twitter by another West End performer, Aaron Lee Lambert. Lambert’s tweet included a screenshot of a Facebook post that Miss Omooba had posted in 2014.
In the post she had expressed the biblical view of marriage. Lambert had called her a hypocrite as the character Celie had been interpreted to be a lesbian. This is disputed by others who have played the role. Abuse from others then followed where she was even called a ‘nigger’.
