0000003706 00000 n Small Island traces the interwoven and troubled histories between Jamaica and the UK, from WWII through to 1948, as its three characters long for a better life. Charming performances. h�b```b``�f`e`=� �� @1V�l-�,�9�`R,�&�v����Z��K�Bś�5Q�k!� `JP�Pq�� �p00���b@,�Vf��m�>"���р�Ƀ���!k��G:����6�L��+*��A�:��C�9"��cx��x@� T�' endstream endobj 18 0 obj <>>> endobj 19 0 obj >/PageWidthList<0 419.528>>>>>>/Resources<>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 419.528 595.276]/Type/Page>> endobj 20 0 obj <> endobj 21 0 obj <> endobj 22 0 obj [/ICCBased 39 0 R] endobj 23 0 obj <> endobj 24 0 obj <> endobj 25 0 obj <> endobj 26 0 obj <>stream Read what they do here. As part of depicting the experience of Jamaican immigrants to Britain after the Second World War, at times characters in the play use language which is racially offensive. Lavish and moving stage adaptation of the late Andrea Levy's great novel about the Windrush generation. Small Island is a two-part 2009 BBC One television drama adapted from the 2004 novel of the same title by Andrea Levy.The programme stars Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson as joint respective female protagonists Hortense Roberts and Queenie Bligh, two women who struggle to fulfil their personal ambitions and dreams amidst the chaos of World War II London and Jamaica. Filmed live during its sold-out run in 2019, the National Theatre’s epic production of Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel is streaming with National Theatre at Home to mark Windrush Day 2020. H��W]�d�}�_��iHkU�V��� p�!���ٵ��Mv�A�}Ωҽ}���em��I��ѕJ��S�g�w��޺�������0����NtR�/�W���N�;~y��!�C>��v�G���oI�v�}��-ͧЯ&��S �� �O���\�Nd�[�������g�&eWr�%�E�� ��F���B���Ю'����Sa������Y=*C���,x��7�wu�6*��%� ​Please note: This production contains strobe-like effects. Andrea Levy’s epic makes momentous theatre. For unlimited access to the catalogue on National Theatre at Home, a subscription will be £9.98 per month or £99.98 per year. Alford Gardner, who was a passenger on HMT Empire Windrush in 1948, recalls happy memories from the trip. You can find full details of the cast and production team here: Cast Mrs Ryder: Amy Forrest Hortense: Leah Harvey Miss Jewel: Sandra James-Young Little Hortense: Keira Chansa s��\A�0W�+�� Please note : This production contains strobe-like effects. At a time when you aren’t able to visit National Theatre Live venues or local theatres, we’re excited to bring you National Theatre at Home. The upcoming slate of NT Live rebroadcasts also includes Small Island, Les Blancs, The Deep Blue Sea, and Amadeus. It will be available until 25 June. Small Island ends on Saturday 10 August and the final peformances are now Sold Out. But, in showing how aspiring Jamaicans left one small island to land in another of diminished hopes, it will surely rank as one of the most important. New shows come to National Theatre At Home (Image: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg/Richard Hubert Smith) Small Island The epic stage version of Andrea … Resonant, funny and moving. Andrea Levy’s sprawling novel Small Island has been turned into a glorious staged adaptation by writer Helen Edmundson.It is no less sprawling, and that word is … Andrea Levy’s award-winning and sprawling epic, Small Island, which opened at The National Theatre this week, retells an uneasy moment in Britain’s recent history through the eyes of the people involved. %PDF-1.5 %���� I was trying to set procedures anybody doesn't know. It speaks to all of us, today. 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. As the West End has shuttered and theatres around the country followed suit, all the drama of the London stage has fled online. Small Island will be followed on 25 June by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged at the Bridge theatre in London in 2019 by the National’s former artistic director Nicholas Hytner. 0000001152 00000 n Directed by the venue's artistic director Rufus Norris, the piece's cast is led by Leah Harvey as Hortense, Aisling Loftus as Queenie and Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Gilbert. Directed by Rufus Norris, Tony Grech-Smith. Learn the benefits, From 18 to 25 June 2020 Small Island, National’s Olivier Theatre, review: a gripping state-of-the-nation epic ... Small Island has found its ideal home. Find out more about Andrea Levy, who died in February, was a chronicler of the Windrush generation. National Theatre Connections Doncaster Cultural Education Partnership School Resources and Workshops Arts Award and Arts Mark Children's University Tours The Royal Opera House CPD and Resources Kids Activities Creative Teens Creative Home Schooling The Young Writers' Club Cast Theatre Fun Camp Information 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. This site uses cookies. Small Island will premiere online with National Theatre At Home this Thursday at 7pm on YouTube! Introducing National Theatre at Home Connect with us Explore The choice of Small Island in the current crop of NT Live-streaming productions couldn’t be more timely and more meaningful. y��$�\�p��$����O�WYe(�| S���_ A play for today. Ola Animashawun from the National Theatre's New Work Department leads a panel discussion that explores race and the historic relationship between Africa, America, the Caribbean and Britain, in the context of the stories underpinning that dynamic. Cast includes Leah Harvey, Aisling Loftus, Gershwyn Eustache Jr, CJ Beckford, Paul Bentall, Jacqueline Boatswain, … Opening Hours For access to a single play in a 72 hour window, it will be £5.99 for an NT Archive title and National Theatre Live titles are available from £7.99. Small Island, adapted by Helen Edmundson and directed by Rufus Norris, is streaming for free with National Theatre at Home from 7pm UK time (2pm EST) on … The characters of these narratives, who traverse the Atlantic Ocean full of dreams, encounter a war-weary and racist country when they step onto dry […] ���~5���-ߧ_���;��p%��D����j�J��Z-H�jhZ�5���Y��K����Gb�51b���"0>5m�& I0F&-��xbQ��yCP��:�jѳkR�Q��ZUQ%/����XDz0��Ν=Y����� }2��D {2q˂�[������s���jB�����,@"�]�=� ���(�w��9m'0J������a<41���:������Y�]b5���.���M��.����-�hOҵ���>�͉`�X��26ͦ0߬��!Ϭ5�h�o�Y����:4e���w{7���n����On����Q��t���e��E��}� �RY�t��c���Q5Ur�̌�>�%�F9�46��'�l���en��xl'O�0���"�z��FZ�f������a�:�͏ޒ����z|�h IrhӶ�B�*��2l�Oh��K)~��a�RE���Y�,�aݾ��O��!�+�6b[ y[;��s�{�}�zj>�N�^�;Sq©���`����a�5h�r��v�wώ�t��1�9�HO���?���:�vEPk� “Small Island” a 2019 drama based on the epic and award-winning novel by Andrea Levy, adapted by Helen Edmundson and directed by Rufus Norris. Written by Andrea Levy, adapted by Helen Edmundson. 0000011731 00000 n Career aspirations and dreams of escape fuel this provocative and thought-provoking production that has much to say about the present-day state of affairs. Small Island is a 2004 prize-winning novel by British author Andrea Levy, her fourth novel. MembershipsJoin the NT family to receive regular news and exclusive opportunities, American Associates of the National Theatre. 0000004519 00000 n �T�e������`T%��� CxY���U�$-k����N�f�$�.��� ��=��ѲG������lM2Bu�yd�T^��r�Ю�Hը�t�'* Running Time: 2 hours 55 minutes including a short interval, Relive the memories of National Theatre at Home. Leah Harvey Aisling Loftus Gershwyn Eustache Jnr CJ Beckford Paul Bentall Jacqueline Boatswain Phoebe Frances Brown Chereen Buckley Cavan Clarke Shiloh Coke Beatie Edney Adam Ewan David Fielder Amy Forrest John Hastings Stephanie Jacob Sandra James-Young Natey Jones Trevor Laird Rebecca Lee Johann Myers Daniel Norford Andrew Rothney. With Amy Forrest, Leah Harvey, Sandra James-Young, Keira Chansa. 0000008684 00000 n your browser cookie settings. 0000036829 00000 n Your membership also includes a vital donation to the National Theatre that will help develop more theatre for everyone, everywhere. Memberships Join the NT family to receive regular news and exclusive opportunities. �g/y�b��=�F���ƃ���o�N�O�����x��+:A��3�� �Du�y$A(�tt Gilbert bids farewell to his wife, Hortense, before setting sail on HMT Empire Windrush. 0000000016 00000 n Directed by Rufus Norris, Tony Grech-Smith. 0000034181 00000 n American Associates of the National Theatre Production images have been released offering a first look at Helen Edmundson's stage adaptation of Andrea Levy's Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island, which is currently running at the National Theatre.. Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel comes to life in an epic new theater adaptation as part of National Theatre Live. The National Theatre at Home series continues this week with the broadcast of National Theatre's 2019 adaptation of Andrea Levy's Orange Prize-winning novel, Small Island… Aunt Dorothy / Woman with Baby. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, from the Second World War to 1948: the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England.. 6[�=l�t���i����S��r^P��p��6�f8S��W��-�j��뢜�?��h��-ݜ��x�MU��y��+���&����W0��`����i0�c�C�+��$�`>��YΑX������d~$?���X���[^�/`�;�� y�Z������B���_�/����B���Y�,�x*3��LE�2S���Td*3����f�"_ى�峖���Dщ�E'�N�(;Qt��Dщ޾t�ىG'��Ξ�Ξ�Ξ�Ξ�Ξ�Ξ�Ξ�i�G|�Z�9�]g��J{�1m�ek.�;�����ɦY8�? National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019) Full Cast & Crew. Thank you to all the amazing artists who have allowed us to share Small Island in this way, during a time when many theatre fans aren’t able to visit their local theatre. A wonderful production. X���z������ǝ���i�Q��E_ɞ��d� 8|S���#�UlrٚYo����$"�1+.o)��qJ�)��VT�0��5���F4HV�&��k�K���W��s[Mb�*W��zhŸa,�#�f3�V0��.�J}Y���=2l���Q3E,�����?�5��=����b���lȣ��;�G���Q~u�uy_�0;�U22���aϽ�y酟����G^�/z�m�UhS�_�\R{g��R�n?�3ċ�酠��k�_�X����h ���K�ӱ4͔����;-/Xq�lhR� a��"���/��� Yet adaptor Helen Edmundson and director Rufus Norris have honoured her intentions wonderfully in this all-encompassing and absorbing production. Watch: National Theatre at Home – Small Island(11 Jun 2020) This week's NT Live selection is the critically acclaimed production of Andrea Levy's epic novel. National Theatre at Home: Small Island . This site requires cookies, for account access and ticket your browser cookie settings. Spectacular. 0000014613 00000 n 17 0 obj <> endobj xref On YouTube until 25 June 2020. 0000001041 00000 n 0000020946 00000 n Ultimately ‘Small Island’ is a ferociously entertaining three hours of theatre, told with the sort of overwhelming resources only the National can marshal. For one last time, the theatre comes to you with National Theatre at Home. National Theatre at Home to Broadcast A Midsummer Night's Dream , … National Theatre at Home is an initiative for the theatre to continue their work “through these difficult times”, said executive director Lisa Burger. Adam Ewan. ntathome.com. Treasure Island, National Theatre At Home, review: Bryony Lavery’s winning adaptation has a good blend of humour and horror With a 10+ age recommendation, it’s excellent family viewing 0000003189 00000 n Watch the trailer for the moving stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel, Small Island, tracing the tangled history between Jamaica and the UK, from WWII to 1948. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history between Jamaica and the UK. 0000005511 00000 n Here to visit with the cast of Small Island.
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