David Tennant had to leave the stage during a West End performance of Macbeth after a toilet-break drama caused chaos.On Tuesday night at the Harold Pinter Theatre, a theatregoer returning from the bathroom was told he couldn’t go back to his seat right away. Things escalated fast, with other audience members getting involved. Theatre staff stepped in, and the disruptive person left after 15 minutes.A show spokesperson explained that pausing the performance is standard when issues arise, helping things get back on track quickly.Despite the hiccup, Macbeth, starring Tennant and Cush Jumbo as Lady Macbeth, has been a box office hit, making over £2.1 million in one day. The play had earlier cancellations in November due to illness in the cast.Talking to The Guardian, Tennant said he finds the play surprisingly unpredictable, calling it more intense and fast-paced than other Shakespeare works he’s done.
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00:00David Tennant had to leave the stage during a West End performance of Macbeth last night
00:05after a toilet break drama caused chaos.
00:08It happened on Tuesday night at the Harold Pinter Theatre where a theatre-goer returning
00:12from the bathroom was told that he couldn't go back to his seat straight away. Things
00:16then escalated. Another audience member got involved and theatre staff had to step in
00:23requesting for a complete show stop.
00:26The disruptive person then left after 15 minutes and eventually the show did go on.
00:33A production spokesman confirmed to The Standard that there was an incident at the theatre
00:37last night which made it necessary for front of house team to request a show stop. They
00:43say it's standard practice in order to deal with a situation as swiftly and as effectively
00:49as possible, enabling the remainder of the production to continue with minimum impact
00:54to both audience and company.
00:57David Tennant plays the lead and he told The Guardian that he finds the play more intense
01:02and fast-paced than other Shakespeare works that he's done, calling it surprisingly
01:07unpredictable.
01:08Well, I'm sure he didn't predict what happened last night but it seems that the crew and
01:15the cast are hoping that the drama stays strictly on the stage for the next performance.