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Somewhere in London this weekend the rebel theatre group “BP or Not BP?” will stage its most ambitious protest to date. It will happen unannounced, without publicity. “Only then do you create some noise,” says Chris Garrard, a 29-year-old activist with a beard and a look of permanent dishevelment, despite the suit jacket. “Only then do you make people’s eyes pop.”
The question of who should and who shouldn’t... Keep reading on The Financial Times
Somewhere in London this weekend the rebel theatre group “BP or Not BP?” will stage its most ambitious protest to date. It will happen unannounced, without publicity. “Only then do you create some noise,” says Chris Garrard, a 29-year-old activist with a beard and a look of permanent dishevelment, despite the suit jacket. “Only then do you make people’s eyes pop.”
The question of who should and who shouldn’t... Keep reading on The Financial Times