National Theatre Live: Small Island

Overview

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

N/A

CJ Beckford

Michael Roberts

Paul Bentall

Jacqueline Boatswain

N/A

Phoebe Frances Brown

N/A

Chereen Buckley

N/A

Cavan Clarke

N/A

Shiloh Coke

Beatie Edney

Adam Ewan