Israeli man ‘hounded out’ of theatre after comedian started Palestine chant

An Israeli man and his friends were forced out of a London theatre after comedian Paul Currie encouraged the audience to chant ‘get the f*** out’ and ‘free Palestine’. The comedian is alleged to have produced a Palestinian and Ukrainian flag at Soho Theatre, on Saturday night, and continued shouting at the man, Liahav Eitan, as he left. An eyewitness said: ‘Minutes later, the comedian had encouraged the audience to stand at the end of the show, a kind of standing ovation, and when we all sat down again, he looked to a young man in the second row and said: “you didn’t stand, why? Didn’t you enjoy the show?”‘The young man who we soon realised was Israeli, replied: “I enjoyed the show until you brought out the Palestinian flag”. Paul Currie retorted “get out of my show”, which instantaneously escalated in to screaming at this young man, repeatedly shouting “leave my f***ing show, now!”. He added it ‘felt like the entire audience were on their feet shouting “free Palestine” and “get out”. Soho Theatre said in a statement: ‘We are sorry and saddened by an incident that took place at our venue at the end of a performance of Paul Currie: Shtoom on Saturday 10 of February which has caused upset and hurt to members of audience attending and others. ‘We take this very seriously and are looking into the detail of what happened as thoroughly, as sensitively, and as quickly as we can.