Comedians on whether Peter Kay was right to eject hecklers
Cultural Reporter

Peter Kay made a message last weekend when he kicked out two heckling puppets at Manchester Arena.
Kai later defended this movesaid he had done “best to fix this situation and articulate it like any comedian, but unfortunately their interruption continues.”
A heck was removed to order Bolton comics’ favorite “garlic bread” loudly. He continues Tell the Daily Mail He felt he was “deemed as a terrorist.”
Another person declared “We love you, Peter” in the aftermath, causing Kay to call her Lisa Riley when she was popped up because of her similarities to the actress.
That woman later Say on tiktok She felt “humiliated” and thought his reaction was a little “at the top”.
BBC News reporter Ellen Kirwin told the BBC’s “emotion” before the red card that it seemed unreasonable.
These events sparked a week-long discussion of when it would be interesting to insert and how it could quickly get out of control.
With that in mind, we asked English, Welsh and Scottish comedians about their thoughts on the subtle art of dealing with the heckling.
“The cruelest trouble ever”

Larry Dean, He started his UK tour in Cardiff on Wednesday, February 19, telling the BBC that he “feels sad for the audience, not just Peter Kay”.
“It’s a hard thing because no one wants to see comics get serious, and sometimes you feel like a teacher,” he said.
“It changes the atmosphere when the priest goes too far, but is it really about measuring the people around me want me to move on?”
Last year, Dean found himself a victim of what he called “the cruelest disciple of all time.”
While discussing the topic of ghosts, he hears a woman talking loudly with the rest of the audience and decides to ask if she is okay.
“My father bought me these tickets because he was dying and he wanted me to laugh.”
She added: “We are not laughing.
Dean recalled his shocked reaction.
“Obviously I won’t make fun of it,” Dean told the BBC.
The Glaswigs looked so depressed by the disciples that another listener asked him if he was okay.
“Looking at it, from perspective, Chris Rock (Will Smith slaps at the Oscars) and Peter Kay – two of the most famous performance interruptions in the last few years – they are easy!
“They need to let this woman know from Dundee what is really.”

His second disciple involved a man in the front row and repeatedly swearing to him, so low that only he could hear it. “I just need to ignore it,” he said.
Like Kay, Arenas brings more people, but they can also bring problems with bowel movements.
“They’re harder to play than a drama or comedy club because the laughter is rising and it’s not going to the stage,” Dean said.
He said it was hard for comedians to hear what the audience was actually saying in Kai’s case, and their interruptions were also distracting others who were watching in different parts of the arena.
“People say, ‘He should say that…’, but usually say people who have never been staged and they don’t know how hard it is to think the best thing in the moment. The show is because you just want everyone to spend it. Good times.”
Last year, another British comic, James Acaster, released a special title called “Welcome Hecklers”, not because he particularly liked the experience, but because he faced his greatest fear and, As he told GQ“Go toward something I’m afraid of.”
Dean felt that “nothing is like watching comedians get hecked, “nothing can attract people’s attention.”
However, he warns that if you plan on pop music on a professional, there are a few things you have to expect back.
Heck dogs and crowds work

Abi Clarke, There are nearly one million followers in Tiktokthink that most comedians will be in Kai’s argument.
Crucially, though, the Bristolians noted: “There is a difference in the work of heck and the crowd.
“Through the work of the crowd, the comedian is inviting it, you’re asking a question, you want to chat, and that’s a big difference from someone yelling random things.
“Once it’s good, or twice, but if the comedian stops interacting with you or says that’s enough, then you’re ruining it.”
New comics superstar Paul Smith’s name roasted crowd As Liverpool’s MC/Consere, Jimmy Carr is also known for inviting and actively participating in the interruption.
For Clark, when comics are being workshopped on new materials, the disciple becomes his own. If someone joins it, it can create new “original material” that can be used as a new joke on the next show.
“I have many interruptions, but if they are involved, join your meaning and keep a positive attitude, I don’t mind, it’s fun.
“If they’re just derailed because they like their voices, then I think you should kick them out!
“‘Garlic Bread’ – There’s nothing you can do.”
“Spontaneous Moment”

Clarke thinks whether you want to go into someone’s title shows that they’ve honed and crafted – “They have perfected the rhythm, the setting and the explosion” and then time has passed.
“I promise you that if they can perform its performance, it will be a better show.”
Another time Hecklin came in handy, she said, was the purpose of online promotions because the comics didn’t want to give up their best written materials for free, and the massive crowds were joking about their skills.
“What we are going to release is a wonderful one-time spontaneous moment because they never happen again and therefore won’t ruin the show.”
She said she was “very lucky” and had only “two or three horrible hecks” and in this case the audience was back.
“It’s easy to win arguments with someone in a room that no one likes.”
Her new tour, role model, started in Southampton on Thursday, April 17, and found she maintained a humorous behavioral attitude while questioning whether she herself was the bad guy to do something.
In these moments, she finds that other girls will support “No, good” and she really appreciates it on a human level, but “it’s not a joke!”.
“Chaos and Magic”

Welsh comics Paul HilidardWho won BBC New Comedy Award Last year, it was believed that dealing with the Hecklers was “part of the job”, and Kay – a finalist in the same award in 1997 could “throw the toys into the stroller”, especially given that he was playing, he said: The one who loves you”.
It’s a little different from some venues or “bear pits” he played in Bristol’s emerging comedian, while also serving as a coach.
He sometimes performs in the back room of the bar, where people don’t always know that comedy is about to be played around them.
He playfully added: “The heck rope is just part of the game, which is not fun…but it can.”
“I’ve been taught that you have to play with this room. If it’s messy, then you’ve written the best 20 minutes of all time and you have to control the room of those who are intoxicated and show them you’re more fun.”
Stag and Hen Dos tend to bring comedy nights that can bring this chaos.
Hillard said he had spoken with other comics and they agreed that viewers have been “a bit wild” since Covid Lockdown returned, which is enhanced by social media.
“We found a guy on Magic Mushrooms, and it became part of the show, and you leaned towards it,” he said. “It’s the best thing you can do until they become very abusive.”

“There is a line,” he continued. “If you ruin the show, it will be a problem with the venue.
“But, the weird part of what makes the show is our work as a comic, like where that’s where the magic is.”
He will perform at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival in May and said there are “deal skills” that include Certian’s “jokes and comebacks” that experienced comedians can continue to handle.
But it’s all worth it, he said, “if you can turn some plans into something fun.”
“That’s people like, ‘Oh my god, how did you do it?’.”
He believes that of the 10 hecklings, nine did not try to ruin the show, they just thought it was “part of the fun” or “want to be recognized.”
There is another thing like this: “Maybe badly and drink too much, otherwise they might just be one (idiot)!
“I think it’s something inside people, we like some drama.”