Ian McKellen in hospital after falling off stage during

Audience evacuated from Noël Coward theatre in London’s West End after actor falls off front of stage in battle scene

Ian McKellen has been taken to hospital after falling off stage during a performance of Player Kings in London on Monday.

The audience was evacuated from the Noël Coward theatre in the West End and informed that the evening show was cancelled.

McKellen, 85, who plays John Falstaff, was in a battle scene involving the Prince of Wales and Henry Percy when he fell off the front of the stage.