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Well, that escalated quickly. American stand-up Michelle Wolf's London appearance last night was temporarily derailed when the set-up of a joke during her act included her declaring "Free Palestine". Disruptive shouts from the stalls were followed by a group walking out. It took all of Wolf's considerable skills to get proceedings back on track.
This literally showstopping moment was particularly unexpected because while Wolf made her name as an outspoken political comedian, famously skewering members of the Trump administration at the White House correspondents’ dinner in 2018, her latest set had, until that point, been low on current affairs and high on personal stories.