Emotional and heart-stopping retelling of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s final hours.
Written by multi award-winning playwright Katori Hall (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, The Hot Wing King), and directed by Nathan Powell, The Mountaintop makes its anticipated London debut after previously touring Curve and MAST Mayflower Studios throughout Black History Month.
After making his monumental ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ speech against the advice of his colleagues on Wednesday 3rd April, 1968, Dr Martin Luther King checks into room 306 of the Lorraine Motel. Exhausted, conflicted and alone, he orders room service, but instead finds himself served with some unexpected questions from the audacious waitress who unflinchingly cross-examines the makings and misgivings of a hero.
THE MOUNTAINTOP explores the place where hope and history converge in this captivating, emotional and heart-stopping retelling of Dr. Martin Luther King’s last night on this earth.
Written by multi award-winning playwright Katori Hall (TINA–THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, THE HOT WING KING),THE MOUNTAINTOP returns to the stage following the success of last year’s staged reading at Curve, Leicester. Nathan Powell – Creative Director of Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres – returns to direct this new fully-staged version, with Ray Strasser-King (SUCKER PUNCH) reprising his role as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, alongside Justina Kehinde (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY) as Camae.
THE MOUNTAINTOP is sponsored by Leicester-based music licensing company PPL PRS as part of Black History Month at Curve.
Book now for this thrilling and often funny reimagining of Dr. King’s final hours, confronting life, legacy and everything in between.
The Mountaintop: Tues 29 Oct – Sat 02 Nov
Theatre Royal Stratford East, Gerry Raffles Square, London E15 1BN
Tickets: THE MOUNTAINTOP (stratfordeast.com)