Actors fear losing work over lockdown weight-change as complaints to Equity surge
West End stars Lizzie Bea, pictured in Hairspray, Come from Away's Jenna Boyd and Oscar Conlon-Morrey, pictured in Legends of Lockdown at the Vaudeville Theatre. Photos: Tristram Kenton/Samuel Black/Lidia Crisafulli
Actors returning to work after the pandemic have reported being subjected to discriminatory comments over changes to their shape as performers deal with increased anxiety over costume refittings and fears that job offers are being retracted
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