A man who died after collapsing in a theatre bar minutes before TV's Tony Robinson came on stage has been named.

John Chapman, 48, of Union Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe, fell to the ground in the bar of Burnley Mechanics Theatre on Wednesday night.

He had been due to watch Tony Robinson, best known as Baldrick in the BBC classic comedy Blackadder, in the first night of his one-man touring show.

Burnley's coroner has been informed and a post mortem examination was to be carried out today to determine the cause of death.