Performances – BP or not BP?

Creative “sing-in” at British Museum, targeting BP-sponsored exhibition

December 14, 2022

On Sunday 11th December at 12pm, we took to the British Museum to perform a specially written protest song in response to BP’s sponsorship of the current blockbuster exhibition “Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt”. We took over a space inside the museum’s Great Court, calling on the Museum’s Director not to renew the oil company’s toxic … More Creative “sing-in” at British Museum, targeting BP-sponsored exhibition

Mermaids, maps, and bombs: a double protest

July 3, 2016

We bring a ‘splashmob’ of singing merfolk and an interactive map into the British Museum in protest at BP sponsorship At the same time, the London Transport Museum is targeted by London Campaign Against Arms Trade (London CAAT) in protest at arms company funding Our two groups join forces for the first time to challenge … More Mermaids, maps, and bombs: a double protest

Stop BP with your face

June 3, 2016

A simple guide Our climate-wrecking, sea-level-raising nemeses at BP have decided, in their wisdom, to sponsor the “Sunken Cities” exhibition at the British Museum. The British Museum, in a similar moment of clever, irony-free thinking, have agreed to let them do it. As part of the exhibition, they’ve set up one of those comedy face-hole … More Stop BP with your face

Drenched performers occupy British Museum after hours

May 18, 2016

Performance fills museum with sounds of dissent against BP sponsorship and disrupts speeches at VIP exhibition launch Campaigners highlight irony of a fossil fuel company sponsoring a ‘Sunken Cities’ exhibition Second creative protest of the day, after a disobedient artwork obstructed the morning press launch Journalist at VIP launch reports guests ‘cringing’ during BP speech … More Drenched performers occupy British Museum after hours

We invade the stage with same-sex ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at BP-sponsored concert

April 18, 2016

Cadogan Hall concert targeted due to oil sponsor and conductor’s Putin links Unsanctioned ‘balcony scene’ evades security and entertains audience Concert-goers include senior officials from BP, and UK and Russian governments Three performers from theatrical campaign group BP or not BP? took to the stage – and a balcony – at Cadogan Hall this evening … More We invade the stage with same-sex ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at BP-sponsored concert

Scientists and actorvists gatecrash BP-sponsored night at Science Museum

January 28, 2016

Last night, a group of young scientists and climate campaigners gatecrashed a BP-sponsored “Late” event at the Science Museum, with a theatrical performance, banner drop and lecture, exposing the oil giant’s dire environmental record. The group, some of them in character as bumbling BP executives, unfurled a banner that read “Science is not neutral” … More Scientists and actorvists gatecrash BP-sponsored night at Science Museum

BP or not BP?

That is the question

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