‘Look at the bloody tip!’: Jason Manford blasts messy theatre audiences

The comedian posted a video of the ‘shocking’ amount of litter left behind after his performance in a panto, saying, ‘You wouldn’t treat your own home like that, would you?’

“It’s behind you” is the customary cry from the audience during panto season. But the actor and comedian Jason Manford has called on theatregoers to also look beneath them – and to clean up their litter at the end of the show.

After his performance in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Opera House in Manchester, Manford filmed himself walking through the theatre’s stalls, pointing out spilt popcorn, crisp packets and drink containers left on the floor. “Look at the bloody tip people leave,” he said in the video, shared on X/Twitter with the message “What’s your take on litter inside a theatre? Is it audience or staff’s responsibility? What dya reckon?”