Just In - West End Theaters Plunged Into Darkness Following Power Outage
By: Caryn Robbins Nov. 25, 2016
The BBC Travel Alert has tweeted that London's West End was plunged into darkness this evening, November 25th following a power outage. According to the UK's Evening Standard, the power failure began at approximately 5:20pm. Among the areas affected are Piccadilly Circus, Soho, Chinatown, Old Compton Street, Wardour Street and Shaftesbury Avenue.
UK Power Networks also turned to Twitter to alert the public that their engineers are currently working on the problem and hope to restore power within two hours.
Theater-goers with tickets to tonight's performances at West End and Soho theaters are being advised to contact their individual theaters for further information.
Check out tweets on the blackout below:
There's a power cut in the West End/Soho area. Poss why tube is so busy - some shops shut & ?? out and the signs at Piccadilly are off. [ro] pic.twitter.com/QNMH7NoC7C
- BBC London Travel (@BBCTravelAlert) November 25, 2016
*inserts Black Friday pun* #Soho #blackout pic.twitter.com/haiPRmi0Ox
- Alexander Morgan (@alexjaymorgan) November 25, 2016
Due to the black out on Shaftesbury Avenue, the Gielgud Theatre currently has no power, more details to follow.
- Curious Incident (@curiousonstage) November 25, 2016
Update - Engineers are now on site in the #Soho #W1 area and have started investigations in to the cause of the #Powercut
- UK Power Networks (@UKPowerNetworks) November 25, 2016
Image courtesy of Twitter
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