Just Stop Oil Activists Interrupt Sigourney Weaver's West End Performance to Protest Climate Crisis

Two protesters disrupted a London production of 'The Tempest' with a climate change message, leading to their arrest and charges of aggravated trespass.

• Environmental activists from Just Stop Oil halted a performance of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on January 28, starring Sigourney Weaver.
• The protesters, Hayley Walsh and Richard Weir, used a confetti cannon and displayed a banner reading 'Over 1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck,' referencing the dangers of surpassing 1.5°C in global warming.
• Audience reactions were mixed, with some members booing and others cheering, while the actors, including Weaver, were escorted off the stage.
• Walsh and Weir were arrested and charged with aggravated trespass; they are scheduled to appear in court on February 25.
• Just Stop Oil emphasized the urgency of climate action in their statement, warning of future protests and calling for a global treaty to phase out fossil fuel use by 2030.

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