Octopus Dream Theatre

2023 Theatre Tour

I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die

by Mark Wheeller

During May-June, 2023 TiE It Up Theatre's sister company - Octopus Dream Theatre - toured the fist-ever full-length production of I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die.

The tour visited venues in York, Doncaster, Oswestry, Frome, South Kirkby, Sheffield, Radlett and Lewisham and was watched by over 1,000 people.

Audience and critical reaction to the production was overwhelmingly positive and led to the production being nominated in the London Pub Theatre Magazine's annual awards.

Cast & creatives

Cobie Scott-Ward - Fiona

Amy Zoldan - Jenna

Alex Colley - Tim

Sean Radford - Jack

David Chafer - Mark

Director: Elliot Montgomery

Set Design: Matt Sykes-Hooban

****1/2"Impressively slick.. deeply moving" ReviewsHub

"The small cast of five are committed to the storytelling and give impactful performances... deeply moving, truly heartbreaking and challenging..."

**** "Hits hard and captures the preciousness of life and loved ones" London Pub Theatres Magazine

**** “moving performances” Theatre & Art Reviews

Audience feedback

"Took my students to this tonight and it was simply stunning! Not a dry eye in the house! Congrats to all involved."

"An absolutely brilliant performance. Very moving and thought provoking."

"Talented, versatile actors in a really tightly-performed piece. Emotional, very (at times) for the audience but paced and directed well to avoid any over-indulgence. I know the current rhetoric for those of us selling shows is that "audiences want to be cheered up" along with "people like to spend their money on a sure thing, not risk new writing" - but as venues, lovers of the arts and promoters of live theatre, I urge you to step away from that stale message and make THIS the play you use to show how little you need to make important, special work and, even more importantly, get a generation of covid-damaged teens into theatre. I am happy to report that with Octopus Dream on the road, small scale, touring theatre is alive and well." Merlin Theatre - Frome