'This is what it looks like when a theatre collapses on you': Freya North

                                                                 Bestselling author Freya North today described her horrifying ordeal after she was hit by falling debris when a theatre ceiling collapsed. 

The writer, 46, known for her 'chick-lit' novels, was watching a performance of Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time with her son Felix when the roof of the Apollo Theatre began to cave in. 

She posted a photo of her wound on Twitter, which doctors had to glue together after she was evacuated from the theatre.                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Alongside the picture, she wrote: 'This is what it looks like when a theatre collapses on you. I was so very very lucky.' She then paid tribute to the 'incredible' emergency services and thanked her followers for their support following the horrific incident. 

'I thought it was part of the play – it was a progressive theatrical event,' she told the Hertfordshire Mercury. 

'There was stuff going on in the gods and I heard this incredible sound, a twinkling, crackling sound. It sounded lovely.                                                                                                                                                  

'Then it just happened so fast. It happened slowly and fast at the same time. It was a terrible, terrible sight.'

An investigation has now been opened into how the ceiling collapsed amidst fears a torrential rain storm may have caused the accident which left dozens of people injured.

Police said there were 81 walking wounded following the incident which happened at about 8.15pm inside the packed 112-year-old Apollo Theatre in London.                                                                                       

Masonry from the Grade II-listed theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue plummeted into the stalls below, striking members of the 720-strong audience and filling the theatre with clouds of thick dust.

Despite the collapse, London Mayor Boris Johnson reiterated the West End was still 'open for business' in the build up to Christmas.                                                                                                                                 

He said: 'I would stress that, although it is too early to say what caused this collapse, and whilst this was a serious incident, London's world-renowned Theatreland is open for business and thousands of theatre-goers will rightly be out and about tonight and over the weekend.' All performances at the venue have been cancelled until January 4, with ticket-holders urged to seek refunds or swap their tickets for a pass to an alternative show.                                                                                                                                                           

Other theatres in the West End are being investigated today in a bid to ensure that a similar incident does not happen elsewhere, according to Westminster Council.

One member of last night's audience said he saw water trickling from the ceiling moments before the plaster came down on horrified theatregoers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          http://emantongaloru.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=HM8lE0MBAAA.UtVnbNOz_dftzNAsVqJO-g.JJPzKAgYIf7zACc68qOb8w&postId=3692619511087188761&type=POST  posted by Emanto Ngaloru Nov 20, 2013.