DIG 2025: The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl (Scotland)
by Vee Smith and Sadiq Ali
Part of Tramway's Dance International Glasgow festival, 9 - 24 May
A dynamic and visually stunning aerial show for families and children that explores the joy of friendship
Friday 23 May, 2pm and 6.45pm
(Each performance is 1 hour long)
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Two friends perform breathtaking aerial shows. They fly, spin, hang from the rooftops and fall out of the sky…
But they weren’t always so glorious. How did they transform from feeling like outsiders, unable to fit in, to the fantastical creatures they always knew they had inside them?
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl is the touching story of a girl who wants to be a monster and a boy who wants to fly. Exploring the universal yearning to belong and sharing the joy of friendship, this is a dynamic and visually stunning aerial show.
Recommended for ages 8 - 14
ACCESS
The 2pm performance is Relaxed: Audiences can leave and re-enter the space as they please throughout. The performers will share what the brightest and darkest lighting states, and loudest sound will be, at the beginning of this performance.
The 6.45pm performance will include integrated BSL from Karen Forbes
Highly visual
Transcript can be provided on request
CREDITS
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl is by Vee Smith and Sadiq Ali.
Produced by Catherine Wheels, commissioned by Imaginate, in association with the National Theatre of Scotland and supported by Assembly.
Supported by the Scottish Government’s Festivals Expo Fund, development funded by Creative Scotland
Lighting Designer: Jamie Heseltine
Technical Manager: Bryn Jones
Costume Designer: Cleo McCabe
Dramaturg & Co-creator: Gill Robertson
Sound Designer: Guy Veale
Set Designer: Jen McGinley
Movement Director: Junior Cunningham
Production Manager: Lauren Desjardins
Producer: Louise Gilmour-Wills
Artist Mentor: Rishi Trikha
Co-Creator: Sadiq Ali
Co-Creator: Vee Smith
Photo Tommy Ga-Ken Wan