The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl

The story of a girl who wants to be a monster and a boy who wants to fly.

About

Age suitability: 8+
Running time: 50 minutes

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.

The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl, by Vee Smith and Sadiq Ali.
Produced by Catherine Wheels, commissioned by Imaginate, created in association with National Theatre of Scotland and supported by Assembly. Supported by the Scottish Government’s Festivals Expo Fund, development funded by Creative Scotland.

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Project Team

Technical Manager: Bryn Jones
Costume Designer: Cleo McCabe
Rigging Consultant & Production Manager: Edward Muir
Lifter and Stage Manager: Eric Munday
Creative Facilitator: Gill Robertson
Sound Designer: Guy Veale
Lighting Designer: Jamie Heseltine
Set Designer: Jen McGinley
Movement Director: Junior Cunningham
Production Manager: Lauren Desjardins
Producer: Louise Gilmour-Wills
Artist Mentor: Rishi Trikha
Consultant Dramaturg: Robert Alan Evans
Co-Creator: Sadiq Ali
Co-Creator: Vee Smith

Production History

Number of performances to date: 14

Fringe 2025:
4th August 2025 - 17th August 2025