Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver was performing Shakespeare's The Tempest on the West End in London when Just Stop Oil activists rushed the stage.
Just Stop Oil activists interrupted a performance of The Tempest on the West End Just Stop Oil activists have disrupted a West End performance of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver after storming the stage. Mother of three Hayley Walsh and mechanical engineer Richard Weir interrupted the performance by walking on stage while Weaver was performing. The pair unveiled a banner which read ‘over 1.
Ms 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. The activists were met with a mixed reception from the crowd ‘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.
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