Reading the Daily Mail this morning, I nearly choked on my coffee!
What on earth is the world coming to?
Apparently, Panto performers have been banned from throwing sweets into the crowd - because the health and safety police are scared of being sued!
Apparently, over sensitive theatre bosses imposed the order after two pensioners complained about being hit by bonbons during a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk last year. The director then rang his public liability insurers and received some worrying news.
"They advised us that we probably wouldn't be covered in the event of someone getting hurt," said Mr Lynch, from the Pavilion Theatre in Gorleston, Norfolk.
"They suggested throwing a sweet at someone would be viewed as an act of negligence rather than a simple accident, and we would therefore be liable to pay compensation."
"We have to make sure we do not open ourselves to being sued."
Actors in this year's production of Babes in the Wood and Robin Hood will now have to drop sweets off the edge of the stage for children to pick up.
Mr Lynch said he had checked with other theatres, and found that many were also ending the practice.
This is not the first time the theatre has suffered from restrictive health and safety measures. Last month, Peter Pan was banned from flying in a musical put on by a local youth theatre group.
Roof brackets were needed to support Peter's wires and they could not be installed without the theatre undergoing a full structural survey.
You know sometimes, this industry that I love, really leaves me scratching my head!
Mind how you go now.
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