Towards the very end of January, seventeen Year 11 GCSE Geography students travelled into London's West End to visit the impressive Soho Place theatre. The show they were going to see was KYOTO, brought to the West End by the Royal Shakespeare Company and being hailed as the hottest must-see production currently in town.

You wouldn't normally imagine a Geography group going to the theatre, but the subject that the KYOTO show is about was one of global environmental concern, so exactly what Geography students are studying...  but what was Kyoto?

Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Centre, Japan, 11th December 1997. The nations of the world are attending the Earth Summit, in deadlock trying to agree upon the details of their attempt to set limits for the reduction of greenhouse gases by industrialised nations.

It's very tense, desperate and 11 hours after the meeting should have ended. Their last great obstacle:  American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman.

Student Aida P had this to say about the play,

“It was an extraordinary experience in which I was able to not only enjoy myself by watching a thrilling and entrancing theatre performance but also learn about problems in our day and age. Furthermore I have learnt how global politicians came to together to overcome negative environmental changes.”

 Negotiations got heated!

 ...but it turned out good in the end.