Two arrested after Just Stop Oil disrupts West End show

Two climate activists interrupted a performance of “The Tempest” at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, featuring the 75-year-old “Alien” star.

The pair walked on stage carrying a sign that read “over 1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck.”

They launched a confetti cannon, prompting an announcement that the show would have to stop.

Weaver, seated on a chair, was escorted off stage amidst boos and some cheers from the audience.

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The sign referred to a 2024 announcement that it had been the warmest year on record globally, with average temperatures over 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Watch the moment the two activists disrupted the performance here:

Weaver plays Prospero, the magician who creates a storm, in the new production of the Shakespeare classic.

The show opened in December and is set to run until February 1.

The Metropolitan Police said: “At approximately 20:00hrs on Monday, 27 January police were called to reports of two protesters who had entered the stage area of a theatre Drury Lane, WC2.”

The Met confirmed a 42-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man were both arrested on Tuesday.

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