Amber Davies: Legally Blonde musical star says 'don't film shows'
Musical theatre performer Amber Davies publicly criticized an audience member for filming her performance of Legally Blonde in Dublin. Davies emphasized that filming is prohibited and distracts both the performers and the audience.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the ongoing tension between audience behavior and professional performance standards in live theatre.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Amber Davies is starring as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde The Musical
Legally Blonde musical star Amber Davies says she asked for an audience member who filmed a performance from the front row to be kicked out.
The ex-Love Islander posted a video on her Instagram Stories during the interval of Saturday night's show at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin.
"We've got a beautiful audience, but there's just one woman in the front row, been filming the entirety of act one, it's had us all distracted," she said, adding that she'd asked staff to remove the woman for act two.
Production company Royo told BBC Newsbeat it did not wish to comment further on Davies' message.
Davies won the third series of ITV's Love Island in 2017, and has since gone on to have a career in acting and musical theatre.
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