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Kinky Boots, Groundhog Day and UK casts send messages of support to Orlando victims

The video is a response to the tragic shooting in Florida last week

West End casts and casts around the UK have recorded messages of support for the victims of the Orlando shooting, where 50 people were killed and 53 people injured.

Casts including Les Miserables, Kinky Boots, Aladdin and Groundhog Day recorded messages which have been collated into a film by CJ Jeffers and Matt Stevens.

Theatremakers around the world have offered support to the victims in a number of ways with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS – an AIDS fundraising organisation in the USA – donating $150,000 dollars to the victims' families on behalf of the Broadway theatre community.

One fundraising campaign on GoFundMe has raised over $5,000,000 dollars at the time of writing, you can find out more and donate here.