Details
The play journeys from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948, the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
Small Island follows the intricately connected stories of Hortense, newly arrived in London, landlady Queenie and servicemen Gilbert and Bernard. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as, with epic sweep, the play uncovers the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK. Postponed due to COVID-19. To be staged in 2021
Creatives/Company
Book by:
Andrea LevyAdapted by:
Helen EdmundsonProducer:
National TheatreDirector(s):
Rufus Norris,
Coral Messam (movement director),
Kate Waters (fight director)
Design(s):
Katrina Lindsay,
Jon Driscoll (projection)
Costume:
Katrina LindsayLighting:
Paul AndersonMusic(s):
Benjamin Kwasi Burrell,
Gary Crosby (music consultant)
Sound:
Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)