Tag: Gbolahan Obisesan
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REVIEW: The Mountaintop, Online Reading
Katori Hall’s powerful play depicting Martin Luther King Jr’s last night before he was assassinated in 1968 is compelling to watch from start to finish. This special online reading of The Mountaintop is just as powerful as it would be seeing it live on stage – with two dynamic performances at the centre of it […]
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NEWS: Virtual Reading of Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop Announced
The play will be performed to help raise funds to support the legal costs of Black Lives Matter protestors incarcerated during the ongoing protests and rallies across the world. It has been announced that Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop is set to be performed virtually on the 10th June at 7.30pm, reuniting the cast and crew […]
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NEWS: Cast Announced for The Mountaintop at the Young Vic
Casting for Roy Alexander Weise’s production of Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, playing at the Young Vic Theatre from the 7th to the 29th October has been confirmed. Having won the 2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop will return to the stage starring Gbolahan Obisesan as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and RonkẹAdékoluẹjo as Camae. Katori Hall’s […]
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Review Round Up… Cuttin’ It @Young Vic Theatre
This hard hitting play about FGM in Britain, revealing the price that some girls have to pay to become a woman written by Charlene James and directed by Gbolahan Obisesan is on at the Young Vic for a short run – but what have critics thought of it? The Independent: **** Paul Taylor commented that: “Charlene James […]
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Cast Announced for Cuttin’ It at the Young Vic Theatre
Casting has been confirmed for the stage premiere of Cuttin’ it by Charlene James, directed by Gbolahan Obisesan at the Young Vic Theatre from the 20th May to the 11th June. Adelayo Adedayo (Some Girls) and Tsion Habte will play Muna and Iqra in the premiere of a play that looks at the practice of female […]