London theatre to ban visitors from bringing single-use plastic bottles

Royal Court crackdown forms part of mission to become net-zero-carbon venue in 2020

Audience members at the Royal Court theatre will be banned from taking in single-use plastic bottles as part of a mission to become a net-zero carbon arts venue in 2020.

The London theatre announced it was scrapping its plan to have a month of performance on the climate emergency. Instead, it said, it would spend the time taking stock to find ways to make the organisation net zero by the end of next year.