Hundreds evacuated from Globe Theatre during A Midsummer Night's Dream performance
SHAKESPEARE'S Elizabethan theatre situated in Southwark in London was evacuated this evening during a performance.
The famous theatre has been evacuated
The Globe was evacuated after fire sprinklers went off 20 minutes into a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
On Twitter, Lauren Davidson wrote: "Globe Theatre currently being evacuated 20ish miniutes into performance of a Midsummer Night's Dream."
Instagram user Joules Duncan took to the social media platform to show a photo of people following the evacuation.
She said: "They've had to evacuate the Globe due to the sprinklers going off."
Hundreds have been evacuated from the iconic theatre
They've had to evacuate the Globe due to the sprinklers going off
Another Twitter user also said: "Stood outside the Globe Theatre. Evaucation twenty mins into play."
The incident comes shortly after a controlled explosion was carried out outside the Israeli embassy in the city.
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The performance of the famous Shakespeare play was supposed to last three hours with a 15 minute interval break.
A spokesperson at The Globe theatre said: "It was evacuated because of a system failure, we got the show back up and running at 8.30pm, it was deemed to be safe again."
The modern Globe Theatre reconstruction is an academic approximation based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings.