In a bizarre case of life commenting on art a woman in a comedy show audience was allegedly taken away by police for hurling abuse during an Edinburgh Fringe show about Freedom of Speech. 

Before the show, which features Rick Molland & Sully O'Sullivan facing off on the merits of Freedom of Speech, had even begun, the female audience member reportedly begun vocally abusing the comedians and other audience members.

Rick Molland, feeling it was impossible to continue the show under such heated conditions, asked the woman to leave, but she refused. 

Molland & O'Sullivan attempted to continue the show, but with the woman continuing her vocal abuse, eventually venue security were called in. As she still refused to budge, venue security threatened to call the police, a threat they eventually followed through on. The woman was then forcibly ejected via a nearby fire escape, where according to onlookers and security staff she was lead away in handcuffs. 

After the events, the show, which holds a live audience vote on whether Freedom of Speech should be further protected or curbed, witnessed its first landslide victory for the case for restricting Freedom of Speech.