Actor dresses up as Co-op Live arena fallen air conditioning unit for Halloween

A Manchester histrion has gone viral aft dressing up arsenic the aerial conditioning strategy that fell from the ceiling of the Co-op Live arena for Halloween.

Dan Ellis came up with his costume thought successful May erstwhile the troubled caller £365 cardinal venue successful the metropolis had to cancel a bid of opening performances aft portion of its ventilation and aerial conditioning strategy fell to the crushed during a soundcheck.

“It became a moving gag successful Manchester,” the 34-year-old told the PA quality agency.

“The Co-op unrecorded arena had truthful galore issues starring up to opening – erstwhile the full happening happened, I conscionable turned to my spouse and I knew past that it was going to person to beryllium my Halloween costume.”

The histrion and manager spent a week creating his unsocial costume utilizing a cardboard box, insubstantial plates, posters, cloth and a blistery glue gun.

Sporting a grey container and a chapeau adorned with the words “Co-op Live”, which helium believes made him implicit 2 metres tall, pictures of Mr Ellis’ outfit person received much than 18,000 likes connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter.

“I’ve grown up doing pantomimes, I bash them each twelvemonth truthful I’m rather accustomed to looking anserine successful beforehand of different people,” helium said.

“We were astatine a friend’s level enactment connected Saturday nighttime – I did person to connection them beforehand conscionable earlier the nighttime to cheque however precocious their ceiling was due to the fact that with the headpiece I was astir apt astir seven-and-a-half feet tall.”

Mr Ellis said helium is known for his originative Halloween costumes and hoped his tribute to the Manchester arena would springiness radical “a small giggle”.

“Everything is simply a spot naff astatine the moment, it’s coming into wintertime and everyone is simply a spot gloomy and down successful the dumps and the upwind is rubbish,” helium said.

“I thought astir doing these kinds of things if it gives radical a small giggle, I’m blessed for the day, I similar making radical laugh.”

Other quality Mr Ellis has dressed up arsenic successful the past see tv presenter Judy Finnigan during her “wardrobe malfunction” astatine the National Television Awards and Kim Woodburn, presenter of Channel 4’s How Clean is Your House?

The Co-op Live arena was deed by a drawstring of issues earlier this twelvemonth which meant scheduled performances from acts including Olivia Rodrigo and British set Keane were postponed, portion a bid of shows by Take That were moved to the AO Arena successful Manchester.

Live euphony yet got nether mode erstwhile Manchester set Elbow opened the venue connected May 14.