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.
Trailer
Cast

Leah Harvey
Hortense Roberts

Aisling Loftus
Queenie Buxton

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr
Gilbert Joseph
CJ Beckford
Michael Roberts

Paul Bentall

Jacqueline Boatswain
Phoebe Frances Brown
Chereen Buckley
Cavan Clarke

Shiloh Coke

Beatie Edney

Adam Ewan