Rob Wallace
@robwillwallace.bsky.social
Freelance theatre journalist and podcast maker. Usually found at the theatre, cycling around London, or playing dodgy train station pianos across the country 🎙️🎭🇺🇦
“Saving the world is filthy business,” says Don Pearlman in Kyoto.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
January 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Saving the world is filthy business,” says Don Pearlman in Kyoto.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
The play critiques the hypocrisy of climate talks, from the carbon emissions of delegates to the entrenched power of oil companies. Did the Kyoto Protocol work? The cherry blossoms in Kyoto that fall earlier each year say otherwise.
Stephen Kunken is mesmerising as Don Pearlman in Kyoto. His performance is razor-sharp, intellectual, and deeply menacing.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
January 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Stephen Kunken is mesmerising as Don Pearlman in Kyoto. His performance is razor-sharp, intellectual, and deeply menacing.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
Yet, like all great villains, Pearlman is disarmingly funny—adding an unsettling charisma to his cold-blooded calculations.
The immersive staging of Kyoto at @sohoplace centres the action on a UN-style roundtable with delegates seated among the audience.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
January 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The immersive staging of Kyoto at @sohoplace centres the action on a UN-style roundtable with delegates seated among the audience.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
Lanyards are handed out on arrival, blurring the line between spectator and participant. It’s as immersive as it is unsettling.
Kyoto charts the behind-the-scenes battles of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first global agreement on climate change.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
January 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Kyoto charts the behind-the-scenes battles of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the first global agreement on climate change.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
In light of recent events, it plays less like a history lesson and more like a horror story. This is theatre at its most prescient.
🌍🔥 As Kyoto premiered in London, 5,500 miles away in Los Angeles, the planet is literally on fire.
This gripping new play dives into the origins of the climate crisis, blending history, politics, and Shakespearean drama into a hauntingly prescient warning.
Why is Kyoto a must-see?
January 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🌍🔥 As Kyoto premiered in London, 5,500 miles away in Los Angeles, the planet is literally on fire.
This gripping new play dives into the origins of the climate crisis, blending history, politics, and Shakespearean drama into a hauntingly prescient warning.
Why is Kyoto a must-see?
If you let it wash over you, much like the storm that begins the play, this Tempest is an experience worth pondering, if not wholly embracing. (27/27)
January 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you let it wash over you, much like the storm that begins the play, this Tempest is an experience worth pondering, if not wholly embracing. (27/27)