Emmerdale actress Louisa Clein has opened up about her lucky escape after a section of the ceiling collapsed in London's Piccadilly Theatre last night.
The Emmerdale cast member, who plays villain Maya Stepney in the ITV soap, was evacuated from the theatre half hour into the performance of Death Of A Salesman.
Witnesses described hearing screams from audience members when the ceiling came down.
This morning it was confirmed tonight's performance will be cancelled as they "ascertained the damage".
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The Metropolitan Police said a "few" people had suffered minor injuries and that emergency services remained on scene. Later reports said four were injured.
Louisa, 40, was sitting the audience with her mum for the production at the tome of the evacuation.
She tweeted at the time: "Evacuated from the Piccadilly Theatre 30 mins into Death Of A Salesman. Terrifying moment. Sounds like the roof came down."
The actress later assured everyone that she was unharmed.
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She told her 10,000 Twitter followers: "Just to say…. my mum and I are fine. The first half hour was utterly mesmerising. Really hope I get to see the rest at some point."
Fans rushed to share their support for the soap star.
One fan tweeted: "Pleased you're both safe."
Another added: "Gosh! hope you're ok."
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A third penned: "Glad your alright hope everyone else was too. Could of been death of an audience member."
Louisa, best known for her role as the sex offender teacher, left the soap after her storyline ended with Maya being jailed earlier this year.
Soap boss Kate Brooks recently confirmed there were no current plans for Maya to return although Louisa or Kate are completely ruling it out in the future.
Viewers will have to wait and see of Maya makes an explosive return to the Dales to reunite with schoolboy lover Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant).
Emmerdale continues on ITV tonight at 7pm
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