A stage model of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline has been cancelled after allegations of sexual misconduct towards the creator.
The musical was to have been staged at Leeds Playhouse from 11 April to 11 Might earlier than touring to Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester.
In a joint assertion on Wednesday, the co-production companions Leeds Playhouse, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Birmingham Rep and Residence Manchester stated: “We have now determined our manufacturing of Coraline – a Musical is not going to proceed. After cautious consideration, we really feel it could be not possible to proceed within the context of the allegations towards its authentic creator. Ticket holders have been contacted instantly by way of e-mail.”
Revealed in 2002, Coraline is a kids’s fable about an 11-year-old woman who discovers a portal within the wall of her new flat. On the far aspect are her different mom and father, mother and father nearly equivalent to her personal however with buttons for eyes and evil intent.
The story discovered a brand new viewers 15 years in the past as a stop-motion animation by Henry Selick. The new musical was tailored by the playwright Zinnie Harris and the composer Louis Barabbas, and was to have been directed by Leeds Playhouse’s inventive director, James Brining.
9 girls have accused Gaiman of sexual misconduct. The allegations have been first made public final July when Tortoise Media reported on sexual assault allegations towards Gaiman by two girls. By the top of August, three extra girls had come ahead with allegations.
This month Vulture revealed an investigation by which 4 additional girls accused Gaiman of assault, together with nonconsensual BDSM.
Gaiman revealed a assertion on his web site saying he had “by no means engaged in nonconsensual sexual exercise with anybody”.
Since then, there have been many cancellations of his works. On Monday the US writer Darkish Horse Comics introduced it had cancelled plans to publish future Gaiman works, saying it took severely the allegations towards the creator.
Darkish Horse Comics started publishing the Anansi Boys sequence, an adaptation of Gaiman’s 2005 novel, in June final yr. It was supposed to be an eight-issue sequence however has now been cancelled after the seventh subject, revealed on 15 January.
HarperCollins, which publishes lots of Gaiman’s books within the US, together with Coraline and American Gods, instructed Publishers Weekly that it didn’t have any new books by Gaiman scheduled.
WW Norton, the US writer of Gaiman’s e-book Norse Mythology, stated it could not have tasks with the creator in future, although it didn’t say whether or not this was linked to the allegations.
Marvel Comics has no new works by Gaiman in progress, in response to the New York Instances.
Prime Video’s Good Omens, based mostly on the novel by Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, will now finish with one 90-minute episode as an alternative of a full third season, whereas a Disney movie adaptation of Gaiman’s 2008 younger grownup novel The Graveyard E-book, which was in improvement, was placed on maintain. Neither streamer has confirmed that these choices have been taken due to the allegations.
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