National Theatre Live: Small Island

2h 55m
Drama
8

Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.

Cast

Leah Harvey
Hortense Roberts
Aisling Loftus
Queenie Buxton
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
Gilbert Joseph
CJ Beckford
Michael Roberts
Paul Bentall
Unknown
Jacqueline Boatswain
Unknown
Phoebe Frances Brown
Unknown
Chereen Buckley
Unknown
Cavan Clarke
Unknown
Shiloh Coke
Unknown
Beatie Edney
Unknown
Adam Ewan
Unknown
David Fielder
Unknown
Amy Forrest
Unknown
John Hastings
Unknown
Stephanie Jacob
Unknown
Sandra James-Young
Unknown
Natey Jones
Unknown
Trevor Laird
Unknown
Rebecca Lee
Unknown
Johann Myers
Unknown
Daniel Norford
Unknown
Andrew Rothney
Bernard Bligh

Crew

Rufus Norris
Director
Helen Edmundson
Screenplay
Andrea Levy
Novel
Coral Messam
Choreographer

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