King Arthur's Night


King Arthur's Night is a Canadian documentary film, directed by John Bolton and released in 2025. The film documents the production and staging of King Arthur's Night, a stage musical about the legend of King Arthur created by Marcus Youssef and Niall McNeil to highlight actors with Down syndrome.

Production

The original theatrical production premiered at the Luminato arts festival in Toronto in 2017, before being staged at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa two weeks later, and at Vancouver's Neworld Theatre in 2018.
Bolton's film was first announced in 2022.

Distribution

The film premiered on May 7, 2025, at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, before being distributed as a television broadcast by AMI-tv on June 27.

Awards

The film received a nomination for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2025 Directors Guild of Canada awards.