During a performance of Shakespeare's The Tempest, two activists from Just Stop Oil disrupted the play by storming the stage and holding a sign warning about the dangers of exceeding 1.5 degrees of global warming. Sigourney Weaver, playing the role of Prospero, was escorted off the stage as a result of the protest.
Hollywood icon Sigourney Weaver was abruptly removed from the stage during a performance of Shakespeare's The Tempest on Monday, after activists from the Just Stop Oil group staged a disruptive protest. The incident unfolded at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, as Weaver, portraying the tempest uous magician Prospero, delivered her lines. Two protesters, armed with a sign proclaiming 'Over 1.
5 Degrees is a Global Shipwreck,' climbed onto the stage, referencing the alarming reality of global warming. They detonated a confetti cannon shortly after Weaver uttered the iconic words, 'Upon thy wicked dam, come forth!'The protesters, Hayley Walsh, 42, a lecturer from Nottingham, and Richard Weir, 60, a mechanical engineer from Tynemouth, North Tyneside, were met with a mixture of boos and cheers from the audience. Walsh, visibly emotional, explained her reasons for the protest, stating, 'Years of writing to MPs, going on marches and teaching my students to be more sustainable hasn't seen the urgent change needed. I am scared for my children, I can’t sleepwalk them into a future of food shortages, life-threatening storms and wars for resources. 1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck we can’t ignore. 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 echoed Walsh's sentiments, drawing a parallel to the decline of UK manufacturing due to inaction. 'I started my career in the shipyards of Tyneside and I watched management inaction lead to the collapse of UK manufacturing,' he said. '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 incident highlights the growing urgency surrounding climate change and the willingness of activists to employ increasingly bold tactics to demand action from world leaders
CLIMATE CHANGE PROTEST JUST STOP OIL SIGOURNEY WEAVER THE TEMPEST DRURY LANE THEATRE
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