Daniel Radcliffe Supports Longtime Love Erin Darke at Opening of Her Off-Broadway Play, “Kyoto”

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  • Daniel Radcliffe attended the Off-Broadway opening of Kyoto, which stars his longtime partner Erin Darke
  • The couple, who met on the set of Kill Your Darlings, share a baby boy born in April 2023
  • Kyoto runs through Nov. 30 at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

Daniel Radcliffe was the picture of proud partner as he celebrated Erin Darke’s big night.

On Monday, Nov. 3, the Harry Potter alum joined his longtime love at the premiere of her new Off-Broadway play, Kyoto — the sharp political thriller that dramatizes the tense 1997 Kyoto Climate Change Conference, where global leaders struggled to set aside national interests to protect the planet.

Photographer Michaelah Reynolds snapped photos of the pair hugging and sharing smiles after the performance at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in New York City.

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They were among a starry crowd that included Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Rami Malek, Rita Moreno, Celia Keenan-Bolger, John Benjamin Hickey, Sydney Lemmon, Andrew Burnap and Hamish Linklater.

Bellamy Young was there, too, reuniting with her costar from Scandal, Kate Burton, who is also in the play.

Erin Darke and Daniel Radcliffe share a smile at the opening of ‘Kyoto’ at Lincoln Center Theater on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.

Michaelah Reynolds


Radcliffe, 36, and Darke, 41, have long supported one another’s careers. Last October, he was by her side at the opening of another play she was starring in at the time: the Off-Broadway production of Vladimir at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City.

He’ll next be on stage in February 2026, leading the Broadway premiere of Every Brilliant Thing, the acclaimed solo play by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe.

The couple first met on the set of the 2013 film Kill Your Darlings, in which they played lovers onscreen — and found a real-life connection offscreen, too.

“It’ll be a hell of a story to tell our kids one day because of what our characters do with each other,” Radcliffe told PEOPLE in 2019, referencing the love scene they filmed for the movie. “Our characters are meeting and flirting with each other, so there is this kind of sweet record of us just meeting for the first time and flirting.”

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In April 2023, Radcliffe and Darke welcomed their first child together, a baby boy, whose name they’ve kept private. Radcliffe revealed to PEOPLE at the 2024 Tony Awards in June that their son is “doing great,” sharing proudly, “He’s talking and saying, you know, nonsense, but very, very charming nonsense.”

That same night, Radcliffe won his first Tony Award for his role in Merrily We Roll Along, and gave an emotional shoutout to Darke and their son during his acceptance speech. “My love Erin — you and our son are the best thing that has ever happened to me,” he said. “I love you so much, thank you so much.”

Darke, watching from the audience, was visibly moved to tears.

The cast of ‘Kyoto’ take their Off-Broadway bow on opening night.

Michaelah Reynolds


Now, it’s Darke’s turn back in the spotlight with Kyoto.

Written by Good Chance Theatre Artistic Directors/playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, and directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin (The Jungle, Stranger Things: The First Shadow), the play comes stateside after an Olivier-nominated U.K. premiere with the Royal Shakespeare Company. and Good Chance.

Stephen Kunken reprises his celebrated role as American lawyer and ex-government strategist Don Pearlman in the play, alongside Jorge Bosch, who reprising his Olivier Award-nominated role as Argentinian lawyer and conference leader Raul Estrada-Oyuela. Peter Bradbury plays climate change skeptic, Fred Singer.

Darke plays ‘Germany’ and Burton, ‘USA.’ They’re joined by Feodor Chin as ‘China,’ Natalie Gold as ‘Shirley,’ Daniel Jenkins as ‘Gore/Bolin/Santer/Observer,’ Dariush Kashani as ‘Saudi Arabia,’ Rob Narita as ‘Japan,’ Imani Jade Powers as ‘Secretariat,’ Ferdy Roberts as ‘U.K./Prescott/Houghton,’ Roslyn Ruff as ‘Tanzania,’ and Taiana Tully as ‘Kiribati.’

Offstage understudies include Odera Adimorah, Clark Carmichael, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, Paul Juhn, Amelia McClain, and Lianah Sta. Ana.

Performances of Kyoto continue through Nov. 30. Tickets are now on sale.

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