The audience and cast of Les Misérables on London's West End were evacuated during a matinée performance Saturday because of a power outage at two theaters.
25 minutes in to Les Miserables and the music stops abruptly, Queens theatre evacuated, fire engines here
Fire trucks were called to the Queen's Theater in Soho after a power transformer overheated, although there was no blaze, fire officials told ITV news.
According to a fireman there's a 'smoking electrical room' in the theatre. Waiting for power company.
Being evacuated from Les Mis and now there's fire engines 😬
The outage also affected the nearby Gielgud theater, where a performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night Time was taking place.
Well Curious Incident just got more curious, thanks to a power cut in Lon I may never know what happened. #TheatreProblems #cancelledshow
More than 1,000 people were evacuated on to the streets, the BBC reported, including Les Mis cast members still in their costumes.
Now evacuated! Could be worse. We could be the cast of Les Mis!
The cast themselves seemed excited to be "let looooooose" on to the streets.
Watch out soho it's 16.44 and we've been let looooooose!
A few pics of today! Keeping each other warm, thanks @MissSaigonUK for the hospitality ❤️
Fans were upset when the show was eventually cancelled, although the UK Power Network apologized to theater-goers for the inconvenience, the BBC reported.
What a disaster... Fire during Les Mis and now the shows been cancelled
Power was eventually restored and the show's producer said the evening performance would go ahead as planned.
The show is back on tonight, and we haven't burnt much energy ... So we're gonna be on fire!! 🔥😉
The cast of Les Mis are alive and well!