National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
The family, from whose tentacles we can never quite escape.
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.
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Top Cast
Bessie Carter
Fenny
Pandora Colin
Edna
Bethan Cullinane
Cynthia
Lindsay Duncan
Dora
Kate Fahy
Belle
Tom Glenister
Hugh
Jo Herbert
Hilda
Billy Howle
Nicholas
Molly Jin
Kathleen‘Scrap’ Kenton
Syakira Moeladi
Laurel
Amy Morgan
Margery
Celia Nelson
Nanny Patching
Dharmesh Patel
Kenneth
Ashwin Sakthivel
Bill
Malcolm Sinclair
Charles
Asha Sthanakiya
Flouncey
Natalie Thomas
Gertrude, the parlourmaid
John Vernon
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