Munya Chawawa, who went to Notre Dame High School, has described the difficulties he and the rest of the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chichester Festival Theatre faced in the city.

The 33-year-old said on his social media: "For some of us Chichester was a real struggle.

"I don’t know if I have witnessed and/or experienced as much racism, xenophobia and homophobia as I saw in those six weeks.

"I think I saw more in those six weeks than I have seen in my entire lifetime, which is just an insane concept.

"Some of you heard we had to cancel a show because one of our cast members was attacked just before the show. That is just the tip of the iceberg.”

The comedian, who found fame for his lockdown social media parodies, added: "Initially we tried to find the humour in it, maybe as a coping mechanism, being stared at in the street, watched, followed by people’s........

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