The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

For technical reasons, the National Theatre Live will open the circle of the performances at Rialto Theatre, with the play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," on Thursday, September 13. The originally scheduled as the first performance of "Frankenstein" will be shown on Wednesday, September 26.

The Rialto Theatre welcomes the National Theatre Live (NT Live), that connects tens of thousands of spectators all over the world with selected world-class productions of London. The productions of the NT Live are shown all over the world in hundreds of cinema and theatre halls.

Based on the international best-selling novel by Mark Haddon adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens.

Credits:
Cast includes
Matthew Barker, Niamh Cusack, Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty, Paul Ritter, Nick Sidi, Una Stubbs, Luke Treadaway, Nicola Walker, Howard Ward

Director: Marianne Elliott
Designer: Bunny Christie
Lighting Designer: Paule Constable
Video Designer: Finn Ross
Movement Directors: Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly
Sound Designer: Ian Dickinson
Music: Adrian Sutton
Fight Director: Kate Waters

Mark Haddon’s celebrated, multi-award-winning novel is beautifully and imaginatively adapted into a stage play for the first time.

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.

Simon Stephens’ adaptation offers a richly theatrical exploration of the touching and bleakly humorous, award-winning novel by Mark Haddon.

Suitable for 13 years +
Greek and English subtitles
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes