A pair of Just Stop Oil activists were met with boos after interrupting a West End performance of the Tempest tonight.
The two eco-zealots climbed on stage at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane to unfurl their orange banner during the performance featuring Alien star Sigourney Weaver.
The pair were seen holding a sign which said “Over 1.5 Degrees is a Global Shipwreck” as they were met with a boos by members of the audience before being taken away by security.
One member of the audience can be heard yelling “f**k off” at the pair.
Just Stop Oil protesters stormed the stage
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One of the protesters, a 42-year-old lecturer 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.
“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.
“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.”
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The pair were escorted off stage
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Also taking part in the protest was a 60-year-old mechanical engineer from Tynemouth, who said: “I started my career in the shipyards of Tyneside and I watched management inaction lead to the collapse of UK manufacturing.
“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. Just Stop Oil be taking action outside parliament this April. Join us.”
Sigourney Weaver walked off stage after the pair invaded
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It comes after two women were charged with criminal damage after chalk paint was sprayed on Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey.
The words “1.5 is dead” were written in orange on the 19th century biologist’s grave on Monday, referring to attempts to limit global warming to 1.5C and reduce the impact of climate change.