‘Billions’ Star Stephen Kunken to Reprise Role as Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Kyoto’ Heads to West End
variety.comNaman Ramachandran The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and Good Chance have revealed that “Kyoto” will transfer to @sohoplace theater in London’s West End for a 16-week run from Jan.
9 to May 3, 2025. The production, which had its world premiere in Stratford-upon-Avon, will see Tony-nominated actor Stephen Kunken (“Billions,” “The Handmaid’s Tale”) reprise his role as American oil lobbyist Don Pearlman.
Joining Kunken in the West End transfer will be several actors reprising their roles from the Stratford-upon-Avon run. “Kyoto,” written by Good Chance co-founders Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, is a political thriller set during the 1997 Kyoto climate summit.
The play, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, who previously teamed on “Stranger Things The First Shadow,” recounts the tense negotiations leading up to the signing of the U.N.’s landmark climate conference.
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