What does the opera Il Trovatore have to do with “Palestine”?
Absolutely nothing, but one wally – a member of the chorus at the Royal Opera House in London – tried to make it about that.
Performer unfurls Palestinian flag on Royal Opera House stage! Am sure the extra applause was for the flag! The opera administration as expected was quite disturbed by it….more disturbed than the killing of 58000 civilians in Gaze. pic.twitter.com/T2YkJlMLXw
— Amin Hashwani (@amin_hashwani) July 20, 2025
As inappropriate as this is, there is still something oddly poetic about someone cosplaying as what looks like a bull while engaging in performative shenanigans. Because these people are truly about performative bullsh*t.
But it gets better, albeit predictable.
The “bull” is more like a “chicken”… for KFC.
A “queer dance artist” who attended a £48,000-a-year school was behind a pro-Palestine protest at the Royal Opera House, The Telegraph can reveal.
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The Telegraph understands that the cast member behind the protest is Daniel Perry, a self-described “queer dance artist”, choreographer, and DJ.
The dancer studied at the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, which charges up to £16,000 per term for boarding.
Perry’s pronouns are “they/them”, according to booking agencies representing the dancer.
The performer recently wore a tank top with the slogan “Free Palestine” to a London performance of Cabaret, a musical set during the Weimar Republic that heavily foreshadows the persecution of the Jews under the Nazi regime.
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Perry recently took part in an event at the V&A East for the arts group Playbody, a group founded by “European migrants and queer creatives” that “centres its practice on the lived experience of non-normative identities”.
Perry expressed his gratitude to the organisers of the event, writing on his DJ Instagram account: “Thank you to my trans siblings for bringing your authentic self into a large institutional space and for showing the public that we are strong, powerful, beautiful creatures that demand respect, love and admiration.”
In other words, if Perry ever visited his beloved “Palestine”, his pronouns would be “was/were.”
So yes, Perry can flail and screech about “liberation” all they like from the comfort of a luxury opera house or art-school dancefloor. But deep down, we all know: they wouldn’t last five minutes in Gaza – unless it was as the opening act for a public execution.
