As we commemorate the 27th anniversary of the historic Kyoto Protocol, the landmark production is set to premiere in the West End early next year.
Stephen Kunken, Kristin Atherton, Aïcha Kossoko and Duncan Wisbey. Headshots provided by production.
The full cast has been announced for Kyoto, a production based on the first international treaty to set legally binding emission targets.
Directed by Stephen Daldry (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) and Justin Martin (Billy Elliot), the cast includes Tony Award-nominated actor Stephen Kunken (The Handmaid’s Tale), who will reprise his celebrated role as American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman. Also returning to the cast are Jenna Augen (Shirley), Olivia Barrowclough (Secretariat), Jorge Bosch (Raúl Estrada-Oyuela), Nancy Crane (USA), Andrea Gatchalian (Kiribati), Togo Igawa (Japan), Kwong Loke (China), Dale Rapley (Bolin, Santer, Gore), Raad Rawi (Saudi Arabia) and Ferdy Roberts (UK, Houghton).
Joining them will be new cast members including Kristin Atherton (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 (Tanzania), Sibylla Meienberg (Off-Stage Cover) and Duncan Wisbey (Fred Singer).
Daldry and Martin will be joined on the creative team by production and set designer Miriam Buether, costume designer Natalie Pryce, lighting designer Aideen Malone, sound designer Christopher Reid, video designer Akhila Krishnan, composer Paul Englishby, dramaturg Gemma Stockwood and casting director Julia Horan CDG.
Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, Kyoto takes audiences into the heart of the 1997 climate summit. The nations of the world are gathered together and are in a deadlock. We will discover what happened when big egos and big money clashed in the battle to secure the world's first legally binding emissions targets.
Transferring from a critically acclaimed run at the RSC, Kyoto will play at the @sohoplace from 9 January - 3 May 2025.
