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.
Watch the official National Theatre Live: Small Island 2019 trailer in HD below.
Leah Harvey as Hortense Roberts
Aisling Loftus as Queenie Buxton
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Gilbert Joseph
CJ Beckford as Michael Roberts
National Theatre at Home: Small Island Trailer
NT Live: Small Island Trailer
Small Island - National Theatre Live Trailer
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