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Jun 27, 2019 · National Theatre Live: Small Island: Directed by Rufus Norris, Tony Grech-Smith. With Amy Forrest, Leah Harvey, Sandra James-Young, Keira Chansa. A journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 - the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
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- Rufus Norris, Tony Grech-Smith
- 2019-06-27
17 April — 10 August 2019. This show has now ended. Olivier Theatre. National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 9PX. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.
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.
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Small Island will stream “live” on the National Theatre’s YouTube channelon Thursday 18 June at 7pm. It will be available until 7pm on Thursday 25 June, however, if you want to catch the whole thing make sure you start watching by 4pm on that day. The production is two hours and 55 minutes long, including a short interval.
The play is based on Andrea Levy’s critically acclaimed 2004 novel of the same name. It follows married coupled Hortense and Gilbert, who are travelling to Britain from Jamaica in search of a better life, and Queenie, a kind-hearted Englishwoman who opens her home to servicemen when her husband leaves to fight in the war. The National Theatre synop...
Leah Harvey (Fighting with My Family) stars as Hortense, while Gershwyn Eushtache Jr (Britannia) takes on the role of her husband Gilbert. Queenie is played by Aisling Loftus, who you might know from Mr Selfridge and War and Peace. Also among the cast are Phoebe Frances Brown (The Way of the World), CJ Beckford (Venus vs Mars), Jacqueline Boatslwai...
Jan 13, 2022 · Casting for the revival of the critically acclaimed production Small Island is announced today as the company begin rehearsals. Adapted by Helen Edmundson from Andrea Levy’s prize-winning novel and directed by Rufus Norris, the production will open on 24 February in the Olivier theatre. Small Island brings to life the tangled history of ...
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Jun 18, 2020 · Rufus Norris. Director. Andrea Levy. Novel. Helen Edmundson. Screenplay. 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.
