JUST Stop Oil activists stormed a West End stage while film star Sigourney Weaver was performing as the theatre show descended into mayhem.
Chaos unfolded at a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London at around 8pm on Mondaay.
Protestors unfurled a banner during a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at the Theatre Royal in London’s West End[/caption]
Sigourney Weaver plays the lead role Prospero in the production and was escorted off stage[/caption]
A video shared by Just Stop Oil shows mother of three Hayley Walsh and mechanical engineer Richard Weir can be seen walking on stage where Alien star Weaver, 75, is performing.
Carrying a sign that reads “over 1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck”, the pair launch a confetti cannon while a voice says “we’ll have to stop the show ladies and gentlemen, sorry”.
The audience began shouting “get them off” alongside boos and whistles, with Weaver being escorted off the stage from her chair.
Social media has erupted with people criticising the protestors actions, with one saying: “Disrupting art and a performance is not cool”.
Another said “bloody idiots” while a third added “people are sick to death of you, all you are doing is alienating people”.
Walsh, 42, a lecturer from Nottingham, said: “I am scared for my children, I can’t sleepwalk them into a future of food shortages, life-threatening storms and wars for resources.
“Years of writing to MPs, going on marches and teaching my students to be more sustainable hasn’t seen the urgent change needed.
“1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck we can’t ignore.”
She continued: “Wildfires in California, deadly floods in Valencia and hundreds of thousands without power in the UK this weekend.
“This isn’t a distant, future problem.
“We need a global treaty to stop fossil fuel burning and a global emergency response.”
Weir, 60, from Tynemouth, North Tyneside, said: “I started my career in the shipyards of Tyneside and I watched management inaction lead to the collapse of UK manufacturing.
“Now I see similar failures of leadership as politicians refuse to take action to protect us and our loved ones.
“We’re already seeing the damage this crisis is doing to crops, homes and entire neighbourhoods. Unless we come together and demand a move away from fossil fuels by 2030, we will go the same way as manufacturing in the UK.”
The Metropolitan Police have been approached for comment.
Just Stop Oil protestors unveiled a banner and disrupted a performance of Shakespeare’s The Tempest[/caption]
