Five people have bee]n arrested in London after climate protesters from the group Just Stop Oil shut down a « Les Miserables » performance.
A video has emerged of an enraged crowd booing and calling Just Stop Oil protesters « stupid people » after the climate activists interrupted a « Les Miserables » show in London, forcing it to shut down.
The U.K.’s Metropolitan Police says five people have since been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass after « demonstrators infiltrated the performance » on Wednesday night in London’s West End.
Video taken of the incident begins with one protester standing at the front of the stage and unfurling an orange flag with a skull on it before shouting « Just Stop Oil! » at the audience. Behind her, the ensemble is belting out the chorus of the iconic song « Do You Hear the People Sing? »
More protesters then are seen onstage holding a banner with the phrase « Just Stop Oil » as the crowd starts booing and a production crew ushers the cast off the stage.
