A video captured the moment an audience member "screamed" over a song at The Bodyguard musical before police were called.
The performance of the hit musical at the Palace Theatre in Manchester had to be ended early on Friday evening. It came after members of the audience repeatedly sang over the top of performers.
The audience had been told not to sing during the performance, with signs installed around the auditorium, reports the Manchester Evening News. The clip was captured during the performance of hit song I Will Always Love You.
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In the video, a member of the audience could be heard shouting the lyrics over the track, while other "confused and angry" theatre-goers spoke over the music and questioned what was happening.
It was filmed moments before the show had to be stopped after audience members reportedly repeatedly sang over performers. This was despite the show's producers asking the public not to and installing signs.
Police were called to the venue when "staff reported a number of people in the audience causing a disturbance" and two women were captured on video footage being dragged out of the upper circle of the theatre.
Karl Bradley, from Liverpool, caught the moment on video and described the scenes in the theatre as chaotic. He said people were "screaming" and chanting "out, out, out" as some audience members sang over the performers.
He said: "We got about half an hour in and that was when it first all went black on the stage and everyone was a bit confused as to what was going on. I thought it might be the interval and I was thinking surely not so soon in.
"And then it became apparent once there was an announcement and there was a bit of a kerfuffle in the audience, they said they had to hold the show due to audience disruption."
He said the "screaming" over I Will Always Love You came from the upper tier in the theatre.
Karl added: "It was like people knew what was going to happen and we're sort of counting down to the woman screaming in the upper stalls. Once it happened it was laughed about up top, everyone else was a bit more angry and confused about what was going on.
"The stage then just went black again and that's when it really started to kick off on the higher tier, you could really hear screams and audible gasps. Everyone starting standing up and looking over.
"There was chants of 'out, out, out' to get them gone, then once they'd left it was an awkward silence on stage. Even the actors were looking around to see what was actually happening."
Karl said an announcement was then made to say the show had been halted due to "audience disruption". Greater Manchester Police issued a statement on the incident and said two people were removed by security staff.
Police said: "Officers were called to the Palace Theatre on Friday after staff reported a number of people in the audience causing a disturbance. Two people removed by security staff were spoken to by police and a decision about any further action will be made once the evidence has been reviewed."
The spokesperson added that riot police were not deployed to the scene, as previously reported.
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