Roughly 25 minutes into the performance at London's Queen's Theatre, the music came to an abrupt halt, and audience members were escorted into the street as a precautionary measure after an electrical transformer that served the theatre overheated.
The power disruption at the Queen's Theatre also prompted a mid-performance stoppage for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which plays the Gielgud Theatre. Curious Incident made headlines in December 2013 when part of the ceiling at the Apollo Theatre collapsed on audience members mid-show.
"There has been no fire but a transformer in part of the threatre has overheated. The auditorium itself has not been affected," a spokeswoman for London Fire Brigade told the Telegraph.
Audience member Jordon Stack, who was among those evacuated, took to Twitter to post images of the cast of Les Misérables on the streets of London.
Went to see Les Mis in London. 1/2 hour in, theatre evacuated because of a fire..
pic.twitter.com/BQ57VcDDxP
— Stacky™ (@JordanStack7)
January 3, 2015
Both shows resumed performances by the evening.
Les Misérables also took to Twitter to respond to the incident.
Watch out soho it's
16.44 and we've been let looooooose!
pic.twitter.com/k7DcVdvK8e
— Les Misérables (@lesmisofficial)
January 3, 2015
The show is back on tonight, and we haven't burnt much energy ... So we're gonna be on fire!! ����
— Les Misérables (@lesmisofficial)
January 3, 2015
The cast of Les Mis are alive and well!
pic.twitter.com/GHmxn35lmQ
— Tamsin Dowsett (@TamsinDowsett)
January 3, 2015
A few pics of today! Keeping each other warm, thanks
@MissSaigonUK for the hospitality ❤️
pic.twitter.com/jsvkRxwBwO
— Les Misérables (@lesmisofficial)
January 3, 2015
