Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play

[macbeth]

Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play#1

Posted: 1/28/25 at 11:20am

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kmwp0l997o

Guess the trend that we saw with AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE is here to stay for a bit... Is this at all productive? 

[everythingtaboo]

Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play#2

Posted: 1/28/25 at 1:43pm

Total waste of time. 

Unless they know of someone in the audience specifically tied to Big Oil, all it's doing is disturbing an evening that a lot of people have saved up for to enjoy. 

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

[sinister teashop]

Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play#3

Posted: 1/28/25 at 5:10pm

everythingtaboo said: "Total waste of time.

Unless they know of someone in the audience specifically tied to Big Oil, all it's doing is disturbing an evening that a lot of people have saved up for to enjoy."

Sounds like they'd have better luck at Othello on Broadway finding people specifically tied to big oil or hedging it. 

[Lavieboheme3090]

Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play#4

Posted: 1/28/25 at 5:18pm

Lol its because they could actually afford tickets to this production. 

Updated On: 1/28/25 at 05:18 PM

[spicemonkey]

Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play#5

Posted: 1/28/25 at 8:08pm

macbeth said: "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kmwp0l997o

Guess the trend that we saw with AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE is here to stay for a bit... Is this at all productive?"

count me in if these people ever decide to go outside to plant a tree

[Call_me_jorge]

Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play#6

Posted: 1/28/25 at 9:39pm

You can’t convince me that these ‘protests’ aren’t staged

My father (AIDS) My sister (AIDS) My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS) The gays and the straights And the white and the spades

[ggersten]

Just Stop Oil disrupts Sigourney Weaver West End play#7

Posted: 1/29/25 at 2:27pm

From TheatreBoard:

It's good to hear that Just Stop Oil have stopped targeting works of art and are redirecting their energies towards Jamie Lloyd productions.

and:

Finally. Some drama on that stage!

and

They should probably be thanked for waking the audience up for a few minutes.