Film

National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus

2024 · 2h 31m · Comedy · Drama

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.

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

• Emily BurnsDirector

Dear Octopus | Official Trailer | National Theatre at Home

Release date

July 19, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 31m

Genres

Comedy, Drama