The Court Hotel has cancelled an upcoming Fringe World appearance from Scottish comedian Leo Kearse after patrons highlighted his history of making jokes about transgender people.

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Kearse is as award winning Scottish comedian whose show Right Wing Comedian was booked into The Court Hotel for the upcoming Fringe World Festival. He has previously been named Scottish Comedian of the Year and his show was a hit at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The Court responded to patrons who commented on their Facebook page saying that they had been unaware of the content of the performance.

“We do apologise if we have offended anyone. We do our bookings as large groups through a comedy company and we clearly missed this topic!” The Court responded to each complaint on their social media pages.

Fringe World has also told people who expressed concern about the content of the show that it was outside their jurisdiction as it is a production from an independent producer playing at an independent venue.

The show has disappeared from Fringe World’s site, but it was described as a takedown of male feminists, snowflakes and the #metoo movement.

“He takes a scalpel to male feminists, environmentalists, snowflakes, #MeToo and much more. If you want to escape the liberal bubble of the Fringe and see a raw, hilariously antagonistic show from a man unafraid to speak his mind, this is the show for you.” the show’s description read.

The show previously played at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, a reviewer at website The Clothesline  gave the show a 4.5 star review.

Kearse told OUTinPerth the cancelation had taken him by surprise and noted that he had played many LGBTIQ venues in the past.