The comic who demanded {that a} Jewish viewers member go away his present over the weekend has a monitor file of verbally abusing individuals, it emerged at present.
Paul Currie is accused of encouraging the group to chant ‘get the f*** out’ and ‘free Palestine‘ at Israeli ticketholder Liahav Eitan on the Soho Theatre in London on Saturday night time as a result of he refused to face up and applaud a Palestine flag.
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it may examine, whereas Soho Theatre bosses have apologised and stated they had been trying into the incident. It was additionally revealed that Currie carried out hours after attending a pro-Palestine rally in London.
And it has emerged that viewers members at a earlier present in Australia claimed he verbally abused and evicted them after they refused to drink an unknown liquid.
Currie is claimed to have tried to power individuals attending the Adelaide Fringe in 2016 to drink from a glass – which he stated contained soy milk – earlier than they declined.
Paul Currie is an absurdist comic from Belfast who has been performing since 2004
Paul Currie at a pro-Palestine march hours earlier than performing on the Soho Theatre on Saturday
Viewers member Daniel Purvis claimed on the time that Currie ‘tried to power the glass into my mouth, attempting to get it by my arms’ and ‘poured what was left over my head as a result of I refused’.
Mr Purvis stated Currie allegedly additionally tried to get his feminine buddy to drink the liquid, but it surely left her distressed as a result of she practically died after contracting meningococcal illness simply 5 months earlier.
Mr Purvis advised the Adelaide Advertiser on the time: ‘That illness is definitely communicable by sneezing, by coughing. There are specific strains of hepatitis that may be transmitted immediately by saliva.
‘Some individuals are allergic to soy milk. It reveals no respect or forethought in tips on how to deal with the viewers.’
However following the incident on the Tuxedo Cat venue, its operator Cassandra Tombs stated she has been given a special model of occasions – that Mr Purvis and his buddy had been disrupting the present.
She stated they ‘turned their chairs upside-down they usually had been simply killing the entire present, and Paul requested them to depart’, including that Currie was a ‘fairly mild big actually’ and ‘it will take loads for him to behave like that’.
Currie didn’t touch upon the incident on the time, however MailOnline has contacted him once more about it at present.
As for what occurred on the Soho Theatre, Mr Eitan, who was out celebrating his thirty third birthday with a buddy, has advised MailOnline he feared that Currie was going to ‘punch’ him and that he was left terrified by the ‘mob mentality’ of the group.
The surprising incident came about in entrance of round 200 individuals on the finish of Currie’s one-hour present when he pulled out a Ukraine flag after which a Palestine flag earlier than demanding the group give a standing ovation and applaud.
Viewers members had been left feeling ‘uneasy’ when he then confronted Mr Eitan and his buddy as a result of they stayed sat down. He then advised them to depart his present and led pro-Palestine chants as they fled the venue throughout the stage.
Liahav Eitan (pictured) was hounded out of London’s Soho Theatre after comic Paul Currie inspired his viewers to chant ‘get the f*** out’ and ‘free Palestine’
Currie has doubled down on his act by sharing reward for his incendiary routine.
He reposted an Instagram story from one other comedian final night time which stated: ‘Thanks @paulcurriecomedian for an incredible present on Saturday and for unapologetically calling for a ceasefire now.’
Following the surprising scenes on the Soho Theatre, which is a former synagogue, a Met Police spokesman advised MailOnline: ‘We’re conscious of the incident that came about on the Soho Theatre on Saturday night.
‘We perceive why it was upsetting for these concerned and we word the venue has issued a press release confirming they’re trying into what came about. A report was submitted to police on Monday and enquiries are ongoing.’
Talking solely to MailOnline on Monday, Mr Eitan, who moved from Israel to London 5 years in the past, stated: ‘I do not assume theatres ought to e-book this particular person [Currie]. He appeared violent and harmful.’
The software program engineer, whose seats had been behind Currie, added: ‘The one means out was by the stage. We needed to truly get on the stage fairly near him – and I used to be fairly afraid that he’d throw a punch as a result of he was nonetheless cursing and shouting.
Currie has doubled down on his act by sharing reward for his incendiary routine
‘He obtained out his Palestine flag once more and shouted ‘motherf***er you may have to look at it once more in your means out’.’
Mr Eitan and his buddy fled from the Soho Theatre to Bloomsbury in a bid to maneuver away from the venue, the place the group had been spilling out and a few of them had been giving them ‘unfriendly glances’.
He continued: ‘From the viewers, we had been principally scared. We needed to get out of the state of affairs. It appeared like a little bit of a mob mentality that might go bitter any second.
‘So we had been simply afraid of violence. That is why we did not linger proper? We simply needed to get out of there.’
Mr Eitan added: ‘[We were] principally scared about how that room may flip towards us. From the comic, I did not really feel any kind of means like I believed it actually mirrored on him relatively than on us.’
Recalling how the night time unfolded, Mr Eitan defined how he and his buddy had booked last-minute tickets to see Currie as a result of that they had time to kill earlier than a birthday dinner at 9.30pm.
Mr Eitan stated that whereas the present was ‘weird’, all the pieces was wonderful till Currie unfurled the flags and requested the viewers to face up.
He stated he did not imagine it was truthful to check the Palestine and Ukraine conflicts however he simply stayed in his seat and did not do something.
The Soho Theatre was the place the surprising incident occurred. It additionally was once a synagogue
The incident comes amid heightened tensions because the Israel-Hamas battle rages on.
Mr Eitan continued: ‘If I used to be nearer to the door, perhaps I’d have left at that stage. However because it was, I simply waited 5 minutes for the for the present to finish.
‘When it ended, loads of the individuals obtained up and clapped. There was a little bit of a standing ovation there and me and my pals simply stayed sat down quietly and never clapping.
‘I did not imply to make any level of it proper? I simply did not actually take pleasure in that bit.’
Currie, who usually shares pro-Palestine content material on social media, is then stated to have proven his appreciation to the group for coming earlier than sarcastically thanking Mr Eitan and his buddy for not standing up and clapping.
Mr Eitan stated that Currie ‘lingered’ on them for round 5 to 10 seconds till he responded: ‘Thanks for that Palestine flag’.
Currie then appeared ‘fairly stunned’ and requested Mr Eitan if he was being sarcastic.
‘Then he stated one thing like, ‘Okay, properly, you are welcome. You are welcome for the Palestine flag. It was a part of the present.’
The Soho Theatre issued an apology for the incident and stated that it will be investigating
‘After which he got here again to me once more and stated, ‘Did you benefit from the present?’ I stated, ‘Sure, up till that time’. And he stated, ‘Ah up till that time’.
‘Then he simply turns again to me and begins screaming, ‘I am from Belfast. I do know all the pieces about ceasefires. Ceasefire now, get the f*** out of my theatre. Get out, get the f*** out of my present, motherf***ers.’
Mr Eitan stated he then requested his buddy if they need to seize their issues and go earlier than they calmly tried to depart.
‘Sadly, when your complete crowd was nonetheless inside, the one means out was by the stage,’ he added.
Coming shut with the comic on stage, Mr Eitan stated Currie began a ‘public chant of ‘ceasefire now, and free Palestine’ as he ‘tried to incite the group’.
He added: ‘I did not take a look at him on the best way out. We simply left.’
Mr Eitan stated Currie ought to ‘actually’ be reprimanded for his ‘unreasonable and unprofessional behaviour’.
The Soho Theatre has apologised for the ‘upset and harm’ brought on by the incident to a few of their prospects and might be investigating what occurred.
They wrote: ‘We’re sorry and saddened by an incident that came about at our venue on the finish of a efficiency of Paul Currie: Shtoom on Saturday 10 of February which has brought about upset and harm to members of (the) viewers attending and others.
‘We take this very severely and are trying into the element of what occurred as completely, as sensitively, and as rapidly as we are able to.
‘You will need to us that Soho Theatre is welcoming and inclusive place for all.’
The Marketing campaign Towards Antisemitism stated they had been aiding Jewish visitors who had been allegedly hounded out of the Soho Theatre.
A spokesperson for the group stated: ‘What the Jewish audience-members have recounted is atrocious, and we’re working with them and our legal professionals to make sure that those that instigated and enabled it are held to account.
‘These allegations are of deeply disturbing discriminatory abuse towards Jews. Comedians are rightly given broad latitude, however hounding Jews out of theatres is paying homage to humanity’s darkest days, and should have no place in central London in 2024.’
The Israel-Hamas battle was sparked by the Palestinian terror group’s October 7 assault on southern Israel, which resulted within the deaths of 1,400 Israelis, principally civilians.
The Hamas-ruled territory’s well being ministry says Israel’s offensive has killed at the very least 28,340 individuals in Gaza, principally girls and kids.
MailOnline has contacted Currie for remark.
