This production began performances on 16th July and closed on 5th September 2009.
★★★★★
Nothing short of a triumph... James Dacre's gripping production
The Daily Telegraph
The night before his assassination Martin Luther King retires to room 306 in Memphis's now famous Lorraine Motel having given a monumental speech in front of thousands. When he calls room service for a cup of coffee, he gets much more than he expects from the young maid who delivers it.
★★★★
The performances in James Dacre's fluent production strike me as faultless - with Harewood and Burroughs balancing tension with humour, and matters of great moment with the smaller stuff of life.
The Times
Katori Hall's stunning two-hander The Mountaintop transfers to Trafalgar Studios from 16 July 2009, following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run at Theatre503.
The Mountaintop stars David Harewood (Blood Diamond, Robin Hood) as Martin Luther King in a thrilling portrait that makes a man of the legend - exhausted, lonely and wracked by fears for the civil rights movement which will be his historic legacy.
An is an imaginative portrayal of one of the most famous men who lived... wondrous, hilarious, and heartbreaking
The Independent
CAST
DAVID HAREWOOD – King
LORRAINE BURROUGHS – Camae
CREATIVES
KATORI HALL – Playwright
JAMES DACRE – Director
LIBBY WATSON – Set and Costume Designer
EMMA CHAPMAN – Lighting Designer
RICHARD HAMMARTON – Sound Designer
DICK STRAKER FOR MESMER – Video Designer