Play
Kyoto
Climate negotiators face organised obstruction as Big Oil’s representative uses legal tactics and misinformation to protect corporate profits.
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Productions
Past productions(1)
- Swan Theatre · Stratford-upon-Avon — 18 June – 13 July 2024
- sohoplace · London — 9 January – 3 May 2025
The play dramatises the negotiations that led to the Kyoto Protocol, focusing on the struggle between climate representatives seeking international agreement and fossil-fuel interests trying to delay or weaken action. Big Oil’s representative, Don Pearlman, uses legal manoeuvres and misinformation to defend industry profits as delegates attempt to build consensus around a global response to climate change.
A political thriller built around negotiation, lobbying and procedural warfare, turning international climate diplomacy into a contest over language, delay and leverage.
political negotiation, climate history, corporate lobbying and real-world institutional drama.
Details
- From 16 Jan 2025
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Cast & crew
Creative & crew(2)
- Writer
- Joe Murphy, Joe Robertson
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