The full cast has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance production of Kyoto, which will open in London in January 2025.
As previously revealed, Stephen Kunken will reprise his role as American oil lobbyist and master strategist Don Pearlman after making his RSC debut in the production when it ran in Stratford in summer 2024.
Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson and directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, 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”.
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 and Gore), Raad Rawi (Saudi Arabia) and Ferdy Roberts (UK and Houghton).
New cast members are Kristin Atherton (Germany), Aïcha Kossoko (Tanzania), Duncan Wisbey (Fred Singer) and Karen Barredo, Jeffrey Chekai, Mark Hammersley, Moe Idris and Sibylla Meienberg (off-stage cover).
The creative team comprises Miriam Buether (set designer), Natalie Pryce (costume designer), Aideen Malone (lighting designer), Christopher Reid (sound designer), Akhila Krishnan (video designer), Paul Englishby (composer), Gemma Stockwood (dramaturg) and Julia Horan CDG (casting director).
Kyoto will run @sohoplace from Thursday 9 January until Saturday 3 May 2025.