Joe Robertson – författare

Okot wants nothing more than to get to the UK. Beth wants nothing more than to help him.Join the hopeful, resilient residents of 'The Jungle', the refugees and volunteers from around the globe who gather at the Afghan Café. They're just across the Channel, right on our doorstep.Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson's The Jungle premiered as a co¬production between Young Vic and the National Theatre with Good Chance Theatre, commissioned by the National Theatre, opening at the Young Vic, London, in December 2017. It transferred to the Playhouse Theatre, London, in June 2018.The play made its North American premiere at St. Ann's Warehouse in New York in 2018 and enjoyed a subsequent engagement at The Curran in San Francisco in 2019. In 2023, The Jungle returned to the US, running at St. Ann's Warehouse and Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C.

It's not a negotiation, it's hand to hand combat.11 December 1997The Kyoto Conference Centre, 5amThe nations of the world are in deadlock. Eleven hours have passed since the UN's landmark climate conference should have ended. Time is running out. And agreement feels a world away. Their prize: the world's first legally binding emissions targets. Their obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman.Kyoto is the breathless tale of a moment when, finally, the impossible seemed possible. It opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in June 2024, in a co-production between Good Chance and the RSC.

The West End edition, significantly revised and updated, of this breathless political thriller by the writers of The Jungle.BEST NEW PLAY: OLIVIER AWARD NOMINEE 2025This isn't a negotiation. It's hand to hand combat.11 December 1997.The Kyoto Conference Centre, 5 a.m.The nations of the world are in deadlock. Eleven hours have passed since the UN's landmark climate conference should have ended. Time is running out. And agreement feels a world away.Their prize: the world's first legally binding emissions targets. Their obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman.Kyoto is the urgent tale of a moment when, finally, the impossible seemed possible. It opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in June 2024, in a co-production between Good Chance and the RSC, and transferred to @sohoplace, London, in January 2025.