Actress falls off perch in Auckland's Priscilla stage showThe audience got more drama than they bargained for during Thursday night's performance of Priscilla, when an actress found herself dangling from the stage, screaming. Part of a singing trio suspended in the air, West End actress Ellie Leah slipped off her perch and looked "petrified" Stuff staffer Aisling O'Sullivan, who was in the audience, said. SUPPLIED West End actress Ellie Leah, looked "petrified" as she slipped off a suspended perch on Thursday evening, audience member Aisling O'Sullivan says. A spokeswoman for Priscilla confirmed there was an incident during Thursday evening's performance which required the show to stop. "The incident happened during the finale when the female diva, playing a cockatoo, was startled and slipped off her perch," they said.

Source: Stuff October 21, 2016 00:20 UTC