Cafe Locked Out The Beginnings

Cafe’s Locked Out Mailing List · Oct 15, 2026 · 1h 29m

On the morning of 21 August 2021, the theatre world was celebrating because the government had said they could open again. There was only one cost: segregation.

Only the vaccinated could go to the theatre.

I recall one director, who had always banged on about inclusivity, celebrating by posting a comment that read: “Good, I couldn’t think of anything worse than sitting next to a filthy anti-vaxxer.”

This acclaimed artist of note hadn’t transitioned into a Nazi; the Nazi had always been there, hidden under a virtue-signalling coat that, that day, he was not required to wear.

The tragedy was…