Dear Octopus
Author(s):
Dodie Smith
Company:
National Theatre
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.
Lindsay Duncan (Hansard) plays Dora, directed by Emily Burns (Jack Absolute Flies Again).
