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Octopus Children

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Felicia 'FELISPEAKS' Olusanya 

  • Synopsis

    A love letter to the emotional lives of Black, Irish, queer and fringed communities. A work about memory, imagination, and survival, it moves between poetic realism and dreamlike ritual, where memory and imagination collide. In its queer coming of age story, it follows Young Felicia, a “Black Irish midlands culchie” grappling with the layers of their identity and the responsibilities that come with it, led by a wise guide: The Octopus.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

  • Cast size

  • Male

    3

  • Female

    3

  • Other

    1

  • Total

    7

Original Production

Original Cast
The Octopus/Themself Felicia 'FELISPEAKS' Olusanya
Young Felicia Tishé Fatunbi
Father/Ensemble Favour Odusola
Brother/Ensemble Tobi Omoteso
Mother/Ensemble Tierra Porter
Ensemble Soffiyah Adewoyin
Drummer Tommy Grooves
Production Team
Director Oonagh Murphy
Director Esosa Ighodaro
Composer Anna Mullarkey
Set Designer Jack Phelan
AV Design Jack Phelan
Costume Designer Therese McKeone
Lighting Designer Sarah Jane Shiels
Sound Designer Robbie Kitt
Choreographer Tobi Omoteso
Dramaturg Inua Elams
Stage Manager Sophie Flynn
Assistant Stage Manager Anika Kidd
Production Manager Olivia Drennan
Sound Engineer Aidan Murphy
Sound Assistant Kate Crook
Chief LX Alan Mooney (2)
Additional Costumes Veronika Romanova
Additional Costumes Adunni Asooke Fabrics
Additional Costumes Maeve Smyth
Hair by Ololade Oluwadele/Loxperience
Turnaround Crew Peter Crighton
AV Technician Chris Nolan
Content Lead Oluwatobi Bello
Audience Development Manager Oluwatobi Bello
PR Jodie Delaney
Graphic Design Niall Sweeney
Photography Patricio Cassinoni
Production Intern Hannah McDonald
Production Intern Bernie Bourke
Production Assistant Soffiyah Adewoyin
Producer Carla Rogers
Piano Greg Felton
Cello Kevin Murphy
Flute Lina Andonovska
Guitar Barry O'Halpin
Studio Hellfire Studios
Recording engineered by Joe McGrath
Instrument Builder Bill Wright
Co-Director Jennifer Jennings
Co-Director Phillip McMahon
General Manager Leigh Hussey

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    Marianne Gunn O'Connor Literary Agency

  • Address

    Morrisson Chambers, Suite 17
    32 Nassau Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Email

    info@mariannegunnoconnor.com

Rights Information

  • Territory

    All Territories

  • Rights Type

    All Rights

  • Contact

    Marianne Gunn O'Connor Literary Agency

  • Address

    Morrisson Chambers, Suite 17
    32 Nassau Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Email

    info@mariannegunnoconnor.com

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme.

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