
National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus
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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 (I Capture the Castle) play is a moving dissection of family and what it means to grow up and return home. Lindsay Duncan (Hansard) plays Dora in this beautiful, contemporary production, directed by Emily Burns (Jack Absolute Flies Again).
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
