Our thoughts go out to David Birrell and his family after he was injured through a prop malfunction whilst performing in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion on the West End.
Birrel was acting in the role of Colonel Ricci, during a section of the play he challenges another character to a duel. During the piece a gun is usually discharged, firing blanks but on Saturday there was a problem with the prop.
Birrel was okay but ‘shaken,’ and was rushed to hospital were he was treated for a serious eye injury. At this point no other details about what exactly happened or how serious the injury was have been revealed.
The show was cancelled immediately and all patrons were given full refunds.
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