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New Scientist recommends climate change play Kyoto

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

By Bethan Ackerley

8 January 2025

Kyoto production photo

Stephen Kunken stars as Don Pearlman in Kyoto by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

Manuel Harlan

Last year, I had the pleasure of seeing Kyoto at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, a play about the 1997 United Nations Climate Change Conference (or COP3, for short). It was a fantastic production, so I was pleased it has transferred to London’s @sohoplace until 3 May.

Stephen Kunken (pictured above) stars as Don Pearlman, a lawyer working for the fossil fuels lobby to prevent climate action. Pearlman is the kind of adversary you would dread: a brilliant strategist…

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