American Actress Sigourney Weaver is currently performing in The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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Two people have been arrested after Sigourney Weaver’s run as Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest was interrupted by protesters at London’s Theatre Royal.
It opened in December to lukewarm reviews, but Weaver’s most recent performance saw a very heated reaction from two protesters.
Today, police confirmed that a 60 year old man and a 42 year old woman have been arrested in connection with the event.
Mother of three Hayley Walsh and mechanical engineer Richard Weir are seen in the video below storming on stage.
Ms Walsh, who is 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.”
Shakespeare’s 1610 play begins with its own life-threatening storm, conjured by wizard Prospero (Weaver) to force a ship’s royal crew onto his magical island.
Walsh and Weir are the latest in a collection of protestors from environmental group who have targeted iconic British landmarks and events to promote their cause in recent years.
Previous campaigns have occurred at Chelsea Flower Show, the Proms, Stonehenge and the National Gallery. Earlier this month, two women were charged with criminal damage after allegedly spray painting Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey.
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StandfirstCarrying a sign that read '1.5 degrees above is a global shipwreck' two protesters walked onstage during Weaver's Prospero last night
Two people have been arrested after Sigourney Weaver’s run as Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest was interrupted by protesters at London’s Theatre Royal.
It opened in December to lukewarm reviews, but Weaver’s most recent performance saw a very heated reaction from two protesters.
Today, police confirmed that a 60 year old man and a 42 year old woman have been arrested in connection with the event.
Mother of three Hayley Walsh and mechanical engineer Richard Weir are seen in the video below storming on stage.
Ms Walsh, who is 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.”
Shakespeare’s 1610 play begins with its own life-threatening storm, conjured by wizard Prospero (Weaver) to force a ship’s royal crew onto his magical island.
Walsh and Weir are the latest in a collection of protestors from environmental group who have targeted iconic British landmarks and events to promote their cause in recent years.
Previous campaigns have occurred at Chelsea Flower Show, the Proms, Stonehenge and the National Gallery. Earlier this month, two women were charged with criminal damage after allegedly spray painting Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey.
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