Set Collapse Injures Four At London Venue

Four people have been injured — three members of the public and one performer — after part of a set collapsed on to the audience during the Fuerzabruta show at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London, which in the past has hosted shows by Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, on Friday night.

Thirty minutes into the performance “the sail which was spinning above the crowded floor on which acrobats were performing, collapsed on to technicians and members of the public below,” Steve Johns, who was attending the performance with his daughter and son-in-law, told the BBC.

According to Fuerzabruta’s website, the show is a “mind-blowing, heart-pounding international theatrical experience,” which involves acrobats performing leaps and routines atop moving set pieces that spin above the crowd, who are encouraged to move around the venue during the show.

According to a Roundhouse spokesman, “a piece of moving stage equipment on which two artists were performing suffered a technical failure and fell slowly into an area where audience members were standing. The equipment was brought in…and was not part of the Roundhouse structure.”

“The Roundhouse is committed to the safety and wellbeing of its audiences and undertakes rigorous risk assessments for all of the shows that take place here,” they added. London Ambulance said one person was treated for a facial injury, one for an ankle injury, and one for concussion.

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