BREAKING NEWS: Star Wars actor John Boyega is on stage when London’s Old Vic theatre is evacuated in bomb alert
By Scott Campbell For Mailonline
London’s Old Vic theatre has been evacuated after a bomb threat, according to reports.
Star Wars actor John Boyega, who is playing the lead role in Woyzeck – a play about 1980s Berlin during the Cold War, was on stage during the incident.
Stunned onlookers said the star was ‘walking down the street’ with fellow cast members as the audience was ordered to leave the building and go to an assembly point down the street in Waterloo, central London.
Police are said to have told audience members that there were ‘concerns’ about something found in the building after staff in fluorescent jackets flooded the auditorium 10 minutes into the show.
Roads have been cordoned off with police vehicles and fire engines in attendance at the scene.
The Old Vic theatre has been evacuated and police have cordoned off the surrounding roads
Star Wars actor John Boyega, pictured, is playing the lead role in Woyzeck – a play about 1980s Berlin during the Cold War – and is thought to be caught up in the incident
Audience members were left waiting outside after the evacuation just 10 minutes into a production of Woyzeck
Liam Joseph, who was in the audience but is himself an usher, told MailOnline: ‘I knew something was up.
‘When that happens it’s either a fire drill or it might be a bomb.
‘The company manager came on while John Boyega was on stage, asked the audience to remain calm and said the show was going to end. Then the duty manager said “please evacuate”.
‘The front of house staff in their fluorescent jackets evacuated everyone out safely and quickly in two or three minutes – it was incredible.
‘As we were being evacuated police cordoned off the area.
He added: ‘John Boyega was just with us walking down the street. It was all done very efficiently with a real sense of calm but your heart’s in your mouth and not many people knew what was going to happen.’
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