Small Island (15)
Broadcast

Date and time
Sat 13th July 2019 at 7:00pm

NT Live, Recorded Live

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation.

Director: Rufus Norris
Starring: CJ Beckford, Jacqueline Boatswain, Phoebe Frances Brown, Chereen Buckley

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.

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. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.

A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in this timely and moving story.

Please note the BBFC rating for Small Island is 15, as it contains strong language and themes that some people may find distressing.

(2hr 50min)

Tickets on sale from 29th May 2019