The Mountaintop
"I am a man, I am just a man."
April 3, 1968. Room 306, the Lorraine Motel, Memphis. The smell of cigarettes and coffee hangs thick in the air as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. winds down from a day of preaching and marching.
An intimate look into the quieter moments of King’s life, The Mountaintop chips away at the myth of the great man to expose his fears about his family, his country and the ever-looming threat of a violent death.
Set during the height of America’s Civil Rights Movement, Katori Hall’s sharp and powerful play confronts the legend and his legacy. Are we really free or do we live in a world of false liberation?
Roy Alexander Weise, winner of the JMK Award 2016, directs this revival of the Olivier Award-winner about King’s last night on earth.
A production originally presented at the Young Vic. A Nuffield Theatres and Desara Bosnja co-production.
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This little gem packs a punch way beyond its 100 minutes
A masterfully-woven tale, full of dazzling one-liners, that packs an incredibly powerful punch
Immensely powerful... rarely does theatre achieve such invigorating poignancy
Riveting performance from Gbolahan Obisesan
Weise directs with bounce and brio
As empowering as it is powerful
Please note that performance times are incorrectly listed in our new brochure (Nov 2018 – July 2019). We apologise for any confusion.
