drat01 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Reports coming through that balcony has collapsed at the apollo theatre in London on to crowd below - a lot of injuries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Short article has gone up on the telegraph so looks legit. Not much detail just yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 ....or maybe part of roof has fallen onto the balcony..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) 30 casualties according to emergency services. Edited December 19, 2013 by Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted December 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2013 Just saw Lisa Riley on Sky News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 People will do anything to get out of a Mickey Flanagan gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) ....or maybe part of roof has fallen onto the balcony..... According to most reports its the balcony EDIT - reports are changing now - looks like it could be the ceiling. Edited December 19, 2013 by Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 19, 2013 Moderator Share Posted December 19, 2013 I always said plays were bad for your health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Well, they wanted to bring the house down... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Bard news this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 looks like its a roof come ceiling collapse that has also pulled down part of the lighting rig interesting to see the reporting on various sites BBC / independent / telegraph were running a story of a collapse, probably the roof Sky were insistant the balcony had collapsed Mirror were reporting the theatre had collapsed it's remarkable that the 'news' sources I would automatically presume to be sensational and slack on facts had the most exciting overblown versions of events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I wonder if this was weather related. I was in Westminster at about the time that roof fell in and there was a storm blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Well, they wanted to bring the house down... Killed me...lets hope that Charlie Fairhead doesn't have to cope with real casualties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 The Sun reports that theatre patrons were seen urinating on police 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 The curious incident of the ceiling in the night-time. This better have not been another helicopter trying to land. On a more serious note, I'd be worried about asbestos if there was a lot of dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I'd guess the ceiling of the Apollo would be too old to include asbestos. I wouldn't expect it to have a roofspace full of lagged pipes either, so with absolutely no knowledge of the layout of that place my gut instinct would be minimal asbestos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 20, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2013 That takes me back to when I first joined VT If you were around then, you'll know what I mean. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) This is what happens when you allow Barry the bluenose to have a night out at the theatre Edited December 20, 2013 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 That takes me back to when I first joined VT If you were around then, you'll know what I mean. Cresswell and Lancs right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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