‘Night after night I get harassed’: comedians call for safer working conditions

With research showing sexual harassment is a routine occurrence, there is growing demand for arts venues to commit to protecting entertainers

Posey Mehta, like many performers at the Edinburgh fringe, has been flyering for her own show. It's called I Am Not a Gorilla so she took to the streets in a gorilla costume. She did not expect to encounter daily sexual harassment.

Mehta has experienced persistent verbal and physical harassment" such as non-consensual touching, including men coming up behind me and grabbing my bum". She continues: I've experienced men and women hugging me, and tweaking, touching or rubbing the nipples of my gorilla costume, which are obviously directly on top of my actual breasts. These interactions have made me feel so unsafe that I now wear a bra over my costume."