How dare you! Chorus of boos as oil protesters halt Les Miserables

JUST Stop Oil protesters were greeted with a chorus of boos as they disrupted a performance of Les Miserables in the West End

- Robert Dex

The demonstrators leapt on stage to unveil a flag just at the moment a member of the cast brandished a large red flag during a performance of the song Do You Hear the People Sing?

Video footage from inside the Sondheim Theatre showed angry audience members booing and shouting “get off” and “how dare you?” as theatre staff brought the safety curtain down.

The stunt forced the evacuation of the theatre and there was not enough time for the show to be completed. William Village, chief executive of Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, which owns the Sondheim, said: “During the first half of our performance of Les Miserables, individuals from Just Stop Oil invaded the stage, abruptly stopping the show.