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.

Cast/Performers

Leah Harvey (Hortense), Aisling Loftus (Queenie), Gershwyn Eustache Jnr (Gilbert), CJ Beckford, Jacqueline Boatslwain, Phoebe Frances Brown, Chereen Buckley, Cavan Clarke, Shiloh Coke, Beatie Edney, Adam Ewan, David Fielder, Amy Forrest, John Hastings, Stephanie Jacob, Sandra James-Young, Natey Jones, Trevor Laird, Johann Myers, Andrew Rothney

Creatives/Company

Book by: Andrea Levy
Adapted by: Helen Edmundson
Producer: National Theatre
Director(s): Rufus Norris, Coral Messam (movement), Kate Waters (fight)
Design(s): Katrina Lindsay, Jon Driscoll (projection)
Costume: Katrina Lindsay
Lighting: Paul Anderson
Music: Benjamin Kwasi Burrell
Sound: Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)