Love Island's Amber Davies hits out at 'selfish' audience member in middle of musical

Daily Mirror

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Love Island winner Amber Davies spoke out over a 'selfish' audience member at a performance of the Great Gatsby musical this week, with her issuing a warning to fans
Theatre star Amber Davies hit out at a "selfish" member of the audience in the middle of the Great Gatsby musical this weekend. The Love Island winner shared a message for fans after someone "ruined" part of her performance.
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Amber, 28, is among the cast of the West End production of the acclaimed show, based on the novel of the same name, at the London Coliseum. The actor plays Jordan Baker, whose songs include New Money, in the limited run.
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During last night's show, Amber issued a warning to those attending the musical after being distracted by someone in the audience. It comes after Taylor Swift sparks engagement rumours as fans spot Travis Kelce's lock screen
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Amber filmed the message on her Instagram Story whilst backstage. The performer, who is starring alongside the likes of Corbin Bleu and Rachel Tucker in the show, hit out over "selfish" behaviour from some people in theatres.
She said in the video: "This is a PSA. The closer you are to the stage when you're watching a show the more obvious it is when you're filming. This is the entire stalls." She then clarified: "If you're filming in the stalls we can see you!"
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The Dancing on Ice star went on to share what she can see whilst performing, saying: "From someone who's on stage, I just wanna tell you a little bit about what we see. So we see like a dark canvas and outlines of people's heads."
Amber continued: "If you're filming, the reflection from the lights bounce straight back off your ... the back of your iPhone onto us on stage. So it is the one thing we can see." She then criticised one particular audience member.
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She said: "So to the woman filming New Money tonight - you distracted absolutely everybody on that stage. And not only that, it takes us out of the Gatsby world because you're filming and you've basically ruined that moment for everybody else who was watching the show tonight."
Amber urged: "Please don't be selfish. Stop filming shows." She added: "If someone is filming during a show know that this is the consequences that it has to the people on stage and tell them to stop because honestly it's annoying."
The former islander continued: "Also, I single-handedly will count how many seats back you are and tell our stage manager where you're sitting and what colour hair you've got, and trust me, in the interval they will come and ask you to delete the footage so you've basically done it for nothing."
Amber concluded the message by telling her followers that she would be returning to stage shortly for the second act, confirming that she was filming the video in an interval. She said: "Okay, I'm gonna enjoy act two now."