National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon’s celebrated, multi-award-winning novel is beautifully and
imaginatively adapted into a stage play for the first time.
Part of National Theatre Live – the best of British theatre broadcast live to cinemas worldwide.
Christopher,
fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog, Wellington. It
has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight
and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in his book to
solve the mystery. He has an extraordinary brain, exceptional at maths
but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone
beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts
strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on
a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Mark Haddon’s
novel was Whitbread Book of the Year in 2003, and has now sold over 2
million copies around the world. Marianne Elliott co-directed the
globally successful stage production of War Horse for the National, for
which she won a Tony Award in 2011. Simon Stephens, twice Best Foreign
Playwright of the Year, is the author of many original plays and
adaptations, including Harper Regan and On the Shore of the Wide World,
both directed by Marianne Elliott at the National Theatre.
Running time: 2 hrs 30 mins (estimate) including host introduction and one 20-minute intermission.
Tickets: $15 Adults / $5 Youth 18 and under.
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Thu, Sep 6 @ 2 pm
Thu, Sep 6 @ 7 pm
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