Theatre bosses have gone to dramatic lengths to distance themselves from a national flag which has been put up on a flagpole on the pavement nearby.

Officials from the Seagull Theatre, in Lowestoft, felt moved to issue a 350-word public statement giving their troubled thoughts on the offending flag, like a particularly anguished soliloquy.

Like a reluctant thespian drawn back to the stage, the venue, in Morton Road, Pakefield, considers itself to have been "thrust unwillingly" into the national debate.

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The flag was posted outside the front of the theatre. (Image: Mick Howes)

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