Dear Octopus

The Randolph family gathers to celebrate the golden wedding anniversary of patriarch Charles and matriarch Dora. Over the course of the festivities, a daughter returns after seven years' absence harbouring a secret, siblings compete and reminisce, grandchildren try to understand the adult world, and a quiet love story unfolds between the family companion and a prodigal son. Dodie Smith's warm-hearted comedy celebrates the family as a 'dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our inmost hearts ever quite wish to.'