The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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The inner life of a legend
Martin Luther King's human vulnerabilities are movingly revealed in Katori Hall's excellent drama, says SIMON PARSONS
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
The Mountaintop
Bristol Old Vic
THIS little gem packs a punch way beyond its 100 minutes. The essence of Martin Luther King’s final speech, prescient of his end, is deconstructed in an award-winning play that debunks the legend but enriches the human figure who was the heart and soul of the US civil rights movement.
After delivering his famous impromptu sermon “I’ve been to the mountaintop” on behalf of striking sanitation workers, King faces the last night of his life in a bland Memphis motel room. His only company appears in the form of beautiful maid Camae.
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