Performance dates
9 January- 3 May 2025
12 reviews
Run time: Approx 2hrs 35mins
Includes interval
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SAVING THE EARTH IS A FILTHY BUSINESS
Hailed as a ‘genuinely daring’ (Evening Standard) ‘triumph’ (Telegraph), Kyoto has opened in London’s West End to rave reviews and is the ‘only play you need to see right now’ (Broadway World).
Brought to you by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance, transferring fresh from Stratford-upon-Avon, this ‘total thrill ride’ (Time Out) brings a world of hope to @sohoplace for a strictly limited season until 3 May.
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…
Featuring a ‘barnstorming performance’ (Financial Times) by Stephen Kunken (Billions and The Handmaid’s Tale), Kyoto sees Olivier award-winning directors Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) reunite with Good Chance’s Artistic Directors and playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson (The Jungle), for this sharp, searing and darkly comic story of the moment all nations tried to set aside their differences for the sake of the planet.
Both ‘gripping’ (The Times) and ‘extraordinarily funny’ (Variety), Kyoto seats you at the heart of the action, and shows that even in a climate of rapidly rising temperatures, the impossible really can become possible.
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Recent Reviews
Innovative, thorough, passionate treatment of the most critical issue of our time. Bravo!
Fantastic production with an incredible cast and authentic ,passionate performances . Amazing theatre space , will definitely lol out for other productions here .
Unique, immersive and inspiring
Excellent, fast-moving production. The factual and the embellished worked brilliantly together bringing humour to contrast effectively with the seriousness of the events.
Great performances but all terribly depressing in the age of Trump
A brilliant performance. The stage works really well, the actors were fab - really drawing the audience in. A great experience for my teenage son who would love to work for the UN!
It’s interesting. Good option to learn how do we get here about the Climate Change.
This was a superbly written and very powerful play. The acting was outstanding as was the whole production.
We went to see Kyoto last night at Soho Place and we loved it, a brilliantly produced piece performed with incredible rhythm. It's not easy to get crowds excited about a climate summit that took place 28 years ago and yet it's a successful bet. Highly recommend it.
Most enjoyable and terrific production
Great play! Who would have thought that people arguing over commas can be so exciting!
@sohoplace is a great theatre venue in its own right: very accessible, good facilities and friendly, helpful staff. The play itself was excellent, thought provoking and very well executed. Cast and crew did a stella job of making you feel part of the experience and it really gave an insight to the machinations and hidden agendas of the whole process.
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