Casting announced for West End production of KYOTO
Photo credit: Manuel Harlan
Today, 11 December 2024, marks the 27th anniversary of the landmark Kyoto agreement, the first international treaty to cut emissions and a historic moment in global climate legislation. To coincide with this milestone, full casting has been announced for the critically acclaimed theatre production of Kyoto, which transfers to @sohoplace from 9 January-3 May 2025, direct from its world premiere run at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson and directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, the RSC and Good Chance production of Kyoto is a fast-paced, politically charged thriller which places audiences at the heart of the 1997 climate summit, a world where big oil, big money and big egos clash in the battle to secure the world’s first legally binding emissions targets.
Tony award-nominated actor Stephen Kunken (The Handmaid’s Tale, Billions, Wolf of Wall Street) reprises his celebrated role as American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman. Also returning to the cast are Jenna Augen as Shirley, Olivia Barrowclough as Secretariat, Jorge Bosch as Raúl Estrada-Oyuela, Nancy Crane as USA, Andrea Gatchalian as Kiribati, Togo Igawa as Japan, Kwong Loke as China, Dale Rapley as Bolin, Santer, Gore, Raad Rawi as Saudi Arabia, and Ferdy Roberts as UK, Houghton.
Joining them will be new cast members announced today: Kristin Atherton as Germany, Karen Barredo (Off-Stage Cover), Jeffrey Chekai (Off-Stage Cover), Alvaro Flores (Off-Stage Cover), Mark Hammersley (Off-Stage Cover), Moe Idris (Off-Stage Cover), Aïcha Kossoko as Tanzania, Sibylla Meienberg (Off-Stage Cover), and Duncan Wisbey as Fred Singer.
Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Centre, 11 December 1997. The nations of the world are in deadlock and 11 hours have passed since the UN’s landmark climate conference should have ended. Time is running out and agreement feels a world away. The greatest obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman…
The production features a unique production design by award-winning designer Miriam Buether, with costumes by Natalie Pryce, lighting by Aideen Malone, sound by Christopher Reid, video design by Akhila Krishnan, composition by Paul Englishby, dramaturgy by Gemma Stockwood, and casting by Julia Horan CDG.
