National Theatre Live: Small Island

Adapted by Helen Edmundson

Based on the novel by Andrea Levy

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

Running time: 3hrs 20 mins (including a 20-minute interval)

Please note this will not be a live broadcast. It will have been filmed in front of a live audience.

★★★★★ ‘Momentous theatre. One of the most important plays of the year.’ Guardian

★★★★★ ‘Epic and inspiring. Exceptional performances.’ Daily Telegraph

★★★★★ ‘Rufus Norris’s epic adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Windrush novel is spectacular.’ Observer

★★★★ ‘A gripping story of the Windrush generation. A vital production.’ The Times

NTL 2019 Small Island - 1. Leah Harvey and CJ Beckford. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 2. Aisling Loftus and Andrew Rothney. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 3. Andrew Rothney, Gershwyn Eustace Jr and Leah Harvey. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 5. Leah Harvey. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 6. Aisling Loftus. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 7. Gershwyn Eustace Jr. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 8. Aisling Loftus and Leah Harvey. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 8. CJ Beckford and Aisling Loftus. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 9. Gershwyn Eustace Jr and Leah Harvey. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 10. CJ Beckford. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 11. Trevor Laird, Sandra James-Young, Jacqueline Boatswain, Leah Harvey and CJ Beckford. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 12. Andrew Rothney, Aisling Loftus, Beatie Edney. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 13. Andrew Rothney and Aisling Loftus. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 14. Johann Myers and Leah Harvey. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 15. Leah Harvey and Shiloh Coke. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 16. Andrew Rothney, Aisling Loftus and David Fielder. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 17. Leah Harvey. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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

NTL 2019 Small Island - 18. Adam Ewan, Cavan Clarke, Paul Bentall, Gershwyn Eustace Jr. Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg SMALL ISLAND Royal National Theatre London Director - Rufus Norris Set and Costume Designer - Katrina Lindsay Projection Designer - Jon Driscoll Lighting Designer - Paul Anderson Composer - Benjamin Kwasi Burrell Sound Design - Ian Dickinson for Autograph Movement Director - Coral Messam Fight Director - Kate Waters Music Consultant - Gary Crosby Cast: 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