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| Phoenix Nights comedian Ted Robbins collapses on stage | |
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| A performance of comedy Phoenix Nights Live has been cancelled after performer Ted Robbins collapsed on stage. | |
| Audience members at the Manchester Arena said Robbins fell to the floor during the opening night of the show. | Audience members at the Manchester Arena said Robbins fell to the floor during the opening night of the show. |
| The curtain was lowered and everyone was asked to leave the 20,000-capacity venue. | The curtain was lowered and everyone was asked to leave the 20,000-capacity venue. |
| Robbins plays Den Perry in the show, based on the Peter Kay TV series of the same name. | Robbins plays Den Perry in the show, based on the Peter Kay TV series of the same name. |
| 'Stunned silence' | |
| BBC journalist Ian Shoesmith was in the third row of the arena when Robbins collapsed shortly after the beginning of the second act. | |
| He said: "Everyone initially thought it was part of the act, but then my wife said: 'No, this is real, this is serious.' | |
| "They brought the curtain down and then someone said everyone had to leave the building as there was an emergency going on. There was just a stunned silence." | |
| Members of Robbins' family were at the arena for the show, including his sister, actress Kate Robbins. | |
| She tweeted: "My brother Ted was taken ill on stage. He's been taken to a local hospital. | |
| "Thank you for all your good wishes and concern. He's a fighter." | |
| North West Ambulance Service said they were called to the Manchester Arena at 21:46 to a male who had collapsed and that he was taken to the Manchester Royal Infirmary. | |
| Saturday night's performance was the first of 15 shows which saw the original cast of the programme reunited for the first time since 2000. | |
| Profits from the event are going to Comic Relief. |