Moment women are dragged out of The Bodyguard musical in Manchester as riot police called in to stop audience singing

This video shows the moment two women were dragged out of a Manchester theatre as the performance was stopped early after riot police were called in.

The Bodyguard musical had to be stopped early at Manchester's Palace Theatre on Friday night due to audience members singing over the top of performers. The show had asked the public to not sing during the performance, with signs installed around the auditorium.

However, after the musical was briefly paused during its first act on Friday evening to evict a handful of people who would not refrain from singing, the show had to be finished early after riot police were called 10 minutes before its finale. Theatre-goers told the M.E.N. that all members of the public were told to leave with the remainder of the show cancelled, with "mini riots" and "fights" breaking out among audience members before the announcement.

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Posting on Twitter, one person said: "Seen a lot of reports about bad behaviour at the theatre lately, and wondered if they were a bit overblown. Anyway, at the Palace tonight and they had to stop the show during the first act to eject disruptive audience members.

"They’ve had to stop the show AGAIN during the finale because of people shouting out, screaming and being incredibly disruptive. Just unbelievably disrespectful to the actors. And they’re refusing to leave. This is horrendous. Never seen anything like it.

"They decided not to finish the performance because of the disruption. Feel so sorry for the whole cast. Respect to all the staff at the Manchester Palace for trying to deal with an incredibly difficult situation. Three police vehicles outside the