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This screening includes Small Island

a women cries on stage from the national theatre live production Small Island

Date and time:: Sun, Oct 13, 2019, From 4–7:20 pm
Runtime:: 3 hr 20 min
Cost:: $12 IUB students, $15 non-students

Photo by Brinkhoff Moegenburg

National theatre Live

Experience the artistry and excellence of the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain at IU Cinema. National Theatre Live is the National Theatre’s groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theater live from the London stage to cinemas around the world.

Curated and programmed by Brittany D. Friesner.

Series: National Theatre Live

Rating:: Not rated
Year Released:: 2019
Format:: 2K DCP
Genres:
Metadata:: Directed by Rufus Norris

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new adaptation, 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 in this timely and moving story, adapted for the stage by Helen Edumundson.

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