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Tonight’s performance of The Death Of A Salesman has been called off, after parts of the ceiling collapsing onto the audience interrupted last night’s performance.
Those affected both from yesterday’s and tonight’s cancelled performances will be refunded, production company AGT said.
The critically acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s classic was planned for a limited 10-week run over the Christmas period, but now AGT say they are “ascertaining the extent of the situation, and will be providing an update on future performances as soon as possible.”
Four audience members were taken to hospital and several others sustained minor injuries when sections of plasterboard fell from the upper circle at the West End Theatre.
The performance was immediately halted, and according to the London Fire Brigade 1,100 people were quickly evacuated from the packed venue.
Individuals took to twitter to praise lead actor Wendell Pierce and the front of house team for their response to the events.
Well that was eventful- the ceiling at the Piccadilly Theatre fell in whilst watching #DeathOfASalesman. Incredibly efficient evacuation by the staff & very excited to hear @WendellPierce up close but sad not to see the play. Hopefully no one injured pic.twitter.com/iXPLDZpupV
Equity UK, the trade union for creative performers, has responded to the incident saying “our members should not be working in unsafe conditions.”
Piccadilly Theatre is the latest West End venue to experience safety issues, raising the question as to whether London’s older theatres are fit for purpose.
In 2013, 76 audience members were injured when the ceiling collapsed at London’s Apollo theatre during the production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night Time.
In 2015, 1,200 were evacuated from the Queen’s Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue because of a small fire during a matinee performance of Les Miserables.
ATG say they “take the safety and security of our audiences extremely seriously and we are doing everything possible to ascertain the cause of the incident.”
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StandfirstThis comes after last night's performance was interrupted when parts of the ceiling collapsed onto viewers in the upper circle.
Following the roof falling in at Piccadilly Theatre last night, AGT Tickets has responded by postponing tonight’s performances of ‘Death of a Salesman’ and offering refunds to those affected.
The critically acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s classic was planned for a limited 10 week run over the Christmas period, but now AGT say they are ‘ascertaining the extent of the situation, and will be providing an update on future performances as soon as possible’.
Four audience members were taken to hospital and several others sustained minor injuries when sections of plasterboard fell from the upper circle at the West End Theatre.
The performance was immediately halted, and according to the London Fire Brigade 1,100 people were quickly evacuated from the packed venue.
Individual’s took to twitter to praise lead actor Wendell Pierce and the front of house team for their response to the events.
Well that was eventful- the ceiling at the Piccadilly Theatre fell in whilst watching #DeathOfASalesman. Incredibly efficient evacuation by the staff & very excited to hear @WendellPierce up close but sad not to see the play. Hopefully no one injured pic.twitter.com/iXPLDZpupV
Equity UK, the trade union for creative performers, has responded to the incident saying ‘our members should not be working in unsafe conditions’.
Piccadilly Theatre is the latest West End venue to experience safety issues, raising the question as to whether London’s older theatres are fit for purpose.
In 2013, 76 audience members were injured when the ceiling collapsed at London’s Apollo theatre during the production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night Time.
In 2015, 1,200 were evacuated from the Queen’s Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue because of a small fire during a matinee performance of Les Miserables.
ATG say they ‘take the safety and security of our audiences extremely seriously and we are doing everything possible to ascertain the cause of the incident.’
Tonight’s performance of The Death Of A Salesman has been called off, after parts of the ceiling collapsing onto the audience interrupted last night’s performance.
Those affected both from yesterday’s and tonight’s cancelled performances will be refunded, production company AGT said.
The critically acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s classic was planned for a limited 10-week run over the Christmas period, but now AGT say they are “ascertaining the extent of the situation, and will be providing an update on future performances as soon as possible.”
Four audience members were taken to hospital and several others sustained minor injuries when sections of plasterboard fell from the upper circle at the West End Theatre.
The performance was immediately halted, and according to the London Fire Brigade 1,100 people were quickly evacuated from the packed venue.
Individuals took to twitter to praise lead actor Wendell Pierce and the front of house team for their response to the events.
Well that was eventful- the ceiling at the Piccadilly Theatre fell in whilst watching #DeathOfASalesman. Incredibly efficient evacuation by the staff & very excited to hear @WendellPierce up close but sad not to see the play. Hopefully no one injured pic.twitter.com/iXPLDZpupV
Equity UK, the trade union for creative performers, has responded to the incident saying “our members should not be working in unsafe conditions.”
Piccadilly Theatre is the latest West End venue to experience safety issues, raising the question as to whether London’s older theatres are fit for purpose.
In 2013, 76 audience members were injured when the ceiling collapsed at London’s Apollo theatre during the production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night Time.
In 2015, 1,200 were evacuated from the Queen’s Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue because of a small fire during a matinee performance of Les Miserables.
ATG say they “take the safety and security of our audiences extremely seriously and we are doing everything possible to ascertain the cause of the incident.”
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