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Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts to new life on the Olivier stage. A company of 40 tells a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
Adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, Small Island 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.
Small Island will return to the National Theatre, with performances from October 2020.
Small Island Performance Information
Small Island Performance Dates & Times
Small Island Cast and Creative
By:
adapted by Helen Edmundson, based on the novel by Andrea Levy
Director:
Rufus Norris
Songs by:
Benjamin Kwasi Burrell
Lighting:
Paul Anderson
Sound:
Ian Dickinson for Autograph
Design:
Katrina Lindsay
Choreography:
Coral Messam
Costume:
Katrina Lindsay
Cast list:
CJ Beckford, Paul Bentall, Jacqueline Boatswain, Phoebe Frances Brown, Chereen Buckley, Cavan Clarke, Shiloh Coke, Beatie Edney, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Adam Ewan, David Fielder, Amy Forrest, Leah Harvey, John Hastings, Stephanie Jacob, Sandra James-Young, CJ Johnson, Natey Jones, Trevor Laird, Aisling Loftus, Johann Myers, .Daniel Norford, Andrew Rothney
Other info:
Fight Director: Kate Waters, Projection Designer: Jon Driscoll
Olivier Theatre, National Venue Information
Address:
Olivier Theatre, National, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
Nearest tube:
Waterloo
Seating Plan: