pHortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. In these three intimately connected stories, hope and humanity meet stubborn reality, tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain.p pAndrea Levy's epic novel emSmall Islandem, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, journeys from Jamaica to Britain in 1948 - the year the HMT emEmpire Windrushem docked at Tilbury. It premiered at the National Theatre, London, in April 2019, directed by Rufus Norris.p