National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

07/19/2024

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2hrs 31min

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Comedy

,Drama

The family, from whose tentacles we can never quite escape.

STORY

When a golden wedding anniversary reunites the Randolph family on the eve of WWII, Dora and Charles must reckon with the adults their children have become. Their children, meanwhile, are haunted by the memory of the family they once were. As the weekend’s celebrations unfold, the family walks a tightrope between intimacy and estrangement, camaraderie and rivalry, love and hate. Heartbreaking and joyful, this captivating revival of Dodie Smith’s play is a moving dissection of family and what it means to grow up and return home.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Bessie Carter
  • Pandora Colin
  • Bethan Cullinane
  • Lindsay Duncan
  • Kate Fahy

    Director

  • Emily Burns

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • National Theatre

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

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