After the huge success and standing ovations of the first run, it’s back! Winner of the Olivier Award, and starring multi-award winning actor David Wurawa and Kudra Owens The Mountaintop dramatizes the night before Martin Luther King is assassinated and after he delivered a speech where he foretold his own fate, I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land.
Katori Hall weaves a powerful, poignantly funny, surreal fantasy about a conversation between King and a mysterious maid who brings a cup of coffee to his motel room late at night. Their meeting prompts him to confront his life, his past, his legacy and the plight and future of African-Americans. Hall's insight, light touch and lively mood depicts King as a man with very human faults who was nonetheless capable of inspiring millions to hope and move toward equality and justice.
Very human … a hyper-realistic production full of humour and magic. Falter 2020
David Wurawa brings charm and vulnerability. Kudra Owens … a powerhouse … It is both moving and incredibly funny. Metropole 2020
Director: Joanna Godwin-Seidl
Set, costumes: Laura D. Mitchell
Cast: Kudra Owens, David Wurawa
Licence: WME Agency
Black History Month 2021, in collaboration with the US Embassy Vienna
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