{"id":274157,"date":"2025-07-19T07:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274157\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:38:10","slug":"britains-got-talent-mama-g-has-libraries-events-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/274157\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Got Talent Mama G has libraries events postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Mama G is a pantomime dame,\u00a0Britain’s Got Talent contestant and LGBTQ+ campaigner\u00a0who has been performing at libraries in Suffolk for the last seven years.\n<\/p>\n

\n She was also set to perform at Haverhill, Stowmarket, Lowestoft and Gainsborough Library, near Ipswich, on\u00a0August 12 to 14 this year.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, she has now been told that by Suffolk Community Libraries<\/a> –\u00a0which are run by Suffolk County Council – that the\u00a0events will\u00a0be postponed until a risk assessment is carried out\u00a0amid\u00a0negative reactions and protests to similar events\u00a0across the country.\n<\/p>\n

\n A spokesman from Suffolk County Council<\/a> referenced recent\u00a0protests at libraries and children’s centres in Dundee,\u00a0Reading, Cardiff, Bristol and North Walsham.\n<\/p>\n

\n \"StowmarketStowmarket Library was among the four venues Mama G was set to perform at in August. (Image: Contributed)\n<\/p>\n

\n “What I’m experiencing is definitely some sort of censorship, which is really dangerous”, said\u00a0Mama G.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Pantomime is a great British tradition and something quite uniquely British, and we should be proud of that – and proud to be ourselves.\n<\/p>\n

\n “By cancelling this event, you’re only\u00a0allowing the far-right to believe that their views are correct.\n<\/p>\n

\n “It’s definitely\u00a0part of a\u00a0momentum to the right in this country at the moment, and it this is definitely politically and economically driven.\n<\/p>\n

\n “However, I think it’s really important that events like this happen, because we need to show people that everyone has the right to exist.”\n<\/p>\n

\n \"MamaMama G was set to perform in Haverhill, Stowmarket, Ipswich and Lowestoft. (Image: Mama G) \"SheShe has also appeared in Britain\u2019s Got Talent and Sky TV\u2019s Dating: No Filter. (Image: Mama G)\n<\/p>\n

\n Mama G believes this was a “political decision” by\u00a0Suffolk County Council, rather than the library service, and said that\u00a0Suffolk librarians have always been \u201creally supportive\u201d of her.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, Krystal Vittles, head of library service for Suffolk Community Libraries, said: \u201cDue to extreme negative reactions to similar events in other areas, including protests and disruption, we have postponed these events and are currently carrying out an additional risk assessment.\n<\/p>\n

\n “This is an operational decision as a precaution to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our staff, residents, and local communities.\u201d\"KrystalKrystal Vittles, Head of Library Service for Suffolk Community Libraries. (Image: Sarah Lucy Brown)\n<\/p>\n

\n This comes after councillors gathered outside the county\u00a0council’s headquarters\u00a0to protest the decision to remove rainbow flags from\u00a0outside its offices during Pride month<\/a>, unlike in recent years.\n<\/p>\n

\n The authority said the change to the flag policy was to reflect the\u00a0traditions and values of the Suffolk community.\n<\/p>\n

\n The policy will not promote\u00a0political, social, religious, awareness, commercial interests\u00a0or advocacy campaigns.\n<\/p>\n

\n The Union and county council flags will be flown permanently, with exceptions for Suffolk Day, St Edmund\u2019s Day, Armed Forces Day and in response to international incidents.\n<\/p>\n

\n John Cook, Ipswich Borough councillor, for Alexandra, attended the protest and was critical of the decision.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n He said: “I’ve never seen Mama G perform and cannot comment on her act.\n<\/p>\n

\n “However the fact that she has performed at Suffolk Library venues over a number of years with positive reviews and no “far-right” protests, speaks for itself.”\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \"JohnJohn and Adele Cook joined the Pride flags at Endeavour House earlier this year. (Image: John Cook)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mama G is a pantomime dame,\u00a0Britain’s Got Talent contestant and LGBTQ+ campaigner\u00a0who has been performing at libraries in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-274157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114878762332447215","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}