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

Leonie Elliott (Hortense), Martin Hutson (Bernard), Mirren Mack (Queenie), Leemore Marrett Jr (Gilbert), Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Chereen Buckley, Cavan Clarke, Adam Ewan, David Fielder, Amy Forrest, Andrew Frame, Stephanie Jacob, Sandra James-Young, CJ Johnson, Rebecca Lee, Rachel Lumberg, Alicia McKenzie, Daniel Norford, Tom Page, David Webber, Marcel White, Flo Wilson, Asad-Shareet Muhammad (Little Michael - some dates), Theo-Oliver Townsend (Little Michael - some dates), Nasri Thompson (Little Michael - some dates), Ta'lia Harvey (Little Hortense - some dates), Hosanna-Reine Grimwade (Little Hortense - some dates), Renee Hart (Little Hortense - some dates)

Creatives/Company

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