Actor Shia LaBeouf broadcasts live from Oxford lift

American actor Shia LaBeouf is streaming himself spending 24 hours in a lift in Oxford. It's an 'arts performance' ahead of a talk at the Oxford Union.

Shia, who starred in The Transformers and Indiana Jones, began the stunt at 9am this morning in Gloucester Green alongside artists Nastja Ronkko from Finland and Luke Turner from Manchester.

The project is knows as #Elevate. The three meet members of the public while a camera live-streaming through Youtube.

LaBeouf is to appear at the Oxford Union at 8pm this evening before returning to the lift until 9am tomorrow morning.

The livestream is being broadcast free in the union’s debating chamber.