KYOTO

About the show

Direct from critically acclaimed, sold-out productions in Stratford-upon-Avon and London’s West End, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance production of KYOTO, written by Good Chance Theatre Artistic Directors and playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson (authors of The Jungle, which premiered at the Young Vic, London, and went on to runs in the West End, Off-Broadway and San Francisco, after sold out runs), is a sharp, searing political thriller dramatizing the moment all nations tried to set aside their differences for the sake of the earth. KYOTO is directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin. Saving the Earth is a filthy business. Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Center, December 11, 1997. The nations of the world are in deadlock. Time is running out and a climate change agreement feels a world away. The greatest obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman… Declared “gripping” (The Times), “extraordinarily funny” (Variety), and a “genuinely daring” (Evening Standard) “triumph” (Telegraph), KYOTO asks who gets to decide what’s worth saving when the entire planet is at risk—and what we’re willing to give up so we can move forward, together. KYOTO was commissioned by Good Chance and is presented by arrangement with Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance Theatre, Rachel Styne & Jessica Foung.