A LIVE at Brighton Dome event was was marred by some “unacceptably hostile behaviour” during the performance of comedian Nish Kumar.

The event on Saturday, which came just two days after the General Election, was hosted by Brighton-based comedian Angela Barnes and featured a number of comedians such as Shappi Khorsandi and Simon Munnery. Nish Kumar was the headline act.

Toward the end of the performance by Kumar, who hosts BBC satirical comedy show, The Mash Report, a “very small minority” of the audience disrupted his performance with “ugly and hostile” heckling, particularly at Kumar’s routines that referenced politics and Brexit.

Disgruntled members of the audience turned to Twitter to voice their frustration at security’s handling of the situation.

One said, “the evening was marred by unacceptably aggressive behaviour” that “wouldn’t have been tolerated in other venues”.

Another said that “the venue security let Nish and thousands of customers down.”

In response, a Brighton Dome spokeswoman said: “Brighton Dome takes unnecessary or abusive heckling very seriously and our front of house staff are trained to eject anyone who causes offence or disrupts a performance.

“Several members of the audience were asked to stop heckling during the end of Nish Kumar’s set and the evening ended with a standing ovation for the comedian.

“Any members of the audience who want to contact us with their feedback can email customercomments@brightondome.org and we’ll be happy to respond.”

This comes just weeks after Mr Kumar was forced to cut short his performance at the Lord’s Taverner’s Christmas lunch due to heckling, booing and a bread roll being thrown after he made some jokes relating to Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Referencing this, Brighton Dome tweeted: “We’re pleased to confirm that no bread rolls were thrown in tonight’s post-election Live at Brighton Dome with @MrNishKumar and @AngelaBarnes (maybe just a few heckles).”

But a number of those who attented took exception to the venue’s light-hearted handling of the incident, saying “Whoever tweeted this clearly has a poor sense of humour or wasn’t even there.”

One user said: “This misses the mark I’m afraid.

“It was a very uncomfortable end to an otherwise excellent show.”

Some also voiced their support for the comedian, saying “Nish handled it well” despite looking “visibly upset”.

The performance ended with Mr Kumar receiving a standing ovation.