Mother of three Hayley Walsh and mechanical engineer Richard Weir 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”.
🚨 BREAKING: THE TEMPEST WEST END PERFORMANCE DISRUPTED 🎭 2 Just Stop Oil supporters climbed onto the stage, stopping a performance starring legendary actor Sigourney Weaver. 🖋️ 1.5 degrees is a global shipwreck.
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— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) 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.
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. “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.
