A comedic couple who were due to perform a huge show in Edinburgh today say it was cancelled with just four hours notice.
Rosie and Chris Ramsey were due to unveil the first show from their live tour based on their popular podcast Shagged, Married, Annoyed at 3 pm today. (September 6).
But after travelling from England to the Scottish capital, the Edinburgh Playhouse pulled the plug on the show due to a technical issue with their stage safety curtain.
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In a statement released on social media, just four hours before the 3pm matinee, the pair said: “We are absolutely devastated that both shows in Edinburgh today have been cancelled.
"It is completely out of our hands, we only found out this morning ourselves, having travelled here yesterday. So sorry to anyone else who has travelled to see us.
“The iron curtain on the stage at the venue is broken and can't be lifted up, so it's impossible for either show to go ahead. We are so sorry. We're just so gutted and we can't apologise enough."
Edinburgh Playhouse told Edinburgh Live: “We can confirm that we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel today’s performances of Shagged, Married and Annoyed Podcast with Chris and Rosie Ramsey due to unforeseen technical problems.
"Our stage safety curtain which was recently inspected in line with our reopening procedures, failed during pre-show checks this morning and we have been unable to raise this allowing space for the performers to perform.
“We have had no problems with the safety curtain until this point and called in engineers straight away who despite their best efforts have been unable to fix this. We therefore had to make the difficult decision to cancel these performances to ensure the safety of our performers.
“We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment this has caused and have tried to inform bookers as soon as possible by email, text message and social media and asked ticket agents to do the same."
Those who were due to attend the show this afternoon were told not to show up, with the performance now rescheduled to December.
The Edinburgh Playhouse continued: “We have spoken to Chris and Rosie Ramsey and managed to reschedule both shows to Sunday 5th December 2021 with this also communicated to bookers.
“We would like to thank our customers for their patience and understanding of this rare event.
"Our team and external engineers are currently working hard to fix the safety curtain and we will be in touch with an update in due course."
