Just Stop Oil disrupt West End performance starring Hollywood actress

Activists stormed the stage during a performance of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver.

Two Just Stop Oil campaigners launched a confetti cannon over the stage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane last night.
Author: Aileen O'SullivanPublished 28th Jan 2025
Last updated 28th Jan 2025

Two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted a West End performance of The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver.

The pair can be seen walking on stage where Alien star Weaver, 75, is performing, in a video shared to social media by the climate protest group.

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".

Weaver, who had been sitting on a chair, was escorted off stage at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane on Monday, while the two protesters faced boos and a few cheers from the audience.

The sign was a reference to the recent announcement that 2024 had been the warmest on record globally and the first full year when the average temperature exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Bafta-award winning actress Weaver plays the storm-creating magician Prospero in the new staging of the Shakespeare classic, in a role typically played by a man.

The production opened in December and will run until February 1.

The Metropolitan Police and the Theatre Royal Drury Lane have been approached for comment.

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