Dear Octopus London Reviews and Tickets | Show Score

75%

(19 Ratings)

Positive

84%

Mixed

5%

Negative

11%

Members say

Delightful, Great acting, Great staging, Absorbing, Entertaining

About the Show

A revival of Dodie Smith's play about family, growing up, and returning home.

When the Randolph family reunites on the eve of WWII for a golden wedding anniversary, Dora and Charles must reckon with their adult children and the people they have become. Their children, however, are haunted by the memory of the family they once were. As the weekend’s celebrations unfold, the family walks a tightrope between love and hate.

Olivier and Tony Award winner Lindsay Duncan ('The Dance of Death') stars in this contemporary adaptation of Dodie Smith's play, directed by Emily Burns ('Jack Absolute Flies Again').

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Critic Reviews (10)

"It’s a period curiosity, basically. But this is a pleasant revival."
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"Dodie Smith's leisurely play emerges as a real pleasure"
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"This gently witty revival of Dodie Smith’s play rarely provokes more than a wry smile"
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"Dodie Smith’s slow burning pre-war family saga will suck you in"
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"Death...form constant motifs but Smith’s gift for comedy keeps us from the abyss."
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"Dodie Smith’s prophetic play mourns a way of life that is already gone"
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“Particularly poignant revival of Dodie Smith's comedy”
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"Unpacking all of this is quite the balancing act...Burns’s...manages it beautifully."
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Creative team

Malcolm Sinclair