Kyoto

<p><b>The West End edition, significantly revised and updated, of this breathless political thriller by the writers of <i>The Jungle.</i></b><br><br><b>BEST NEW PLAY: OLIVIER AWARD NOMINEE 2025</b><br><br><i>This isn't a negotiation. It’s hand to hand combat.</i><br><br>11 December 1997.<br>The Kyoto Conference Centre, 5 a.m.<br><br>The nations of the world are in deadlock. Eleven hours have passed since the UN’s landmark climate conference should have ended. Time is running out. And agreement feels a world away.<br><br>Their prize: the world’s first legally binding emissions targets. Their obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman.<br><br><i>Kyoto </i>is the urgent tale of a moment when, finally, the impossible seemed possible. It opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in June 2024, in a co-production between Good Chance and the RSC, and transferred to @sohoplace, London, in January 2025.</p>