The battle scenes in the stage version The Lord Of The Rings are simply sensational, with passion and energy the characters fly across the stage with hearty crys, however one actor had a battle all of his own - with the moving stage!

Instead of play fighting with the other Orks, one actor had a tussle with the mechanical stage resulting in a broken leg and the total shut down of the show. Wednesday nights audience heard the terrible accident happen, after one of the intense battles scenes an actor was heard screaming “my leg my leg!”, hobbits elves and dwarfs flew in to help dig him out of the set and to safety.

Unfortunately this meant the end for Wednesday nights performance and the cancellation of Thursday and Fridays too. Has the evil of Mordor struck the Drury Theatre? Only time will tell……….

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