It is not the first time a ceiling has collapsed in one of london s theatres.
Theatre roof collapse london.
Seventy six people have been injured seven seriously after part of a ceiling in london s apollo theatre collapsed during a show police say.
Emergency services were called to piccadilly theatre shortly before 8pm on.
Several people were injured when parts of a ceiling collapsed during a piccadilly theatre show in london s west end.
Severa audience members were injured after the roof of the piccadilly theatre in central london collapsed onto the audience yesterday evening.
Investigation begins into why roof caved in witnesses say west end theatre was gripped by chaos and panic as ceiling collapsed 45 minutes into play published.
London fire brigade said in a tweet.
The ceiling collapsed on an upper tier in the west end theatre sparking screams.
Members of the emergency services work at the scene of the roof collapse at the apollo theatre in london rex simon stephens the show s playwright wrote on twitter.
Firefighters are attending the piccadilly theatre where a section of plaster.
The west end auditorium had to be evacuated just 20.
Media caption wendell pierce apologised for the roof collapse.
In 2013 about 80 people were injured seven seriously after part of the apollo theatre s ceiling collapsed on.
Apollo theatre roof collapse.
Piccadilly theatre evacuated after roof collapses during show kirsty o connor pa wire a theatre in london s west end has been evacuated after its ceiling partially collapsed in the middle of.