The Mountaintop – The Royal Lyceum Theatre - North West End UK

The Mountaintop – The Royal Lyceum Theatre - North West End UK

Katori Hall’s magnificent, beautifully written play is set the night before the assassination of the American civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King jnr, in 1968. The production is directed powerfully and vibrantly by Rikki Henry. Occasionally the actors were in danger of being upstaged by the fabulous set and sound effects. And the pace in the first half of the play was at times a little too frantic. But this was a breathtakingly inspiring …

THE MOUNTAINTOP review by thespyinthestalls at Royal Lyceum

THE MOUNTAINTOP Royal Lyceum Theatre ★★★★ “a powerful play with a satisfying, if unrealistic, ending” Katori Hall’s award winning play The Mountaintop is a timely revival at Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre, as the United States once again faces, in King’s words, “the urgency of the moment.” Directed by Rikki Henry, with Caleb Roberts as Dr Martin Luther King Jr., and Shannon Hayes as Camae, this production delivers a theatrical examination of King’s…