THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon

adapted by Simon Stephens

directed & designed by Chris Baldock

Season: March 20-April 5, 2025

Evening performances: 7:30PM / Matinees: 2PM

Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen

Since premiering in 2012, this extraordinary play has become a global theatrical phenomenon. Winner of both the Olivier Award and the Tony Awards for Best Play, as well as many others, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has become one of the most beloved and popular plays of the modern era.

Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is 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 Christopher’s detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his world upside-down.

“This adaptation by the acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens is intensely, innately theatrical; it is also funny and extremely moving…resonates with quality.” —The Telegraph (UK).

“…just terrific…a profoundly moving play about adolescence, fractured families, mathematics, colours and lights…dazzling.” —Independent (UK).

“A beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive show about the wonders of life.” —Evening Standard (London).

CAST:

Christopher: Wajanoah Donohoe / Ethan Wiggin
Siobhan: Leah Peel Griffiths
Ed: Richard Manning
Judy: Claire White
Ensemble:
Meg Hyam, Chips Jin, Tracy Noble
Travis Beardsley, Peter Fock, Anthony Mayne

 

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PLEASE NOTE:
This production contains:

  • high-level coarse and ableist language
  • violent behavior including depictions of violence
  • references to domestic violence, self injury, meltdowns, sensory overload,
  • loud noises and moments of visual intensity to reflect parts of the autistic experience.

This production contains: haze, dynamic sound and lights, and the use of electronic cigarettes.

*The approximate running time is 2 hours and 30 minutes. This is liable to change up to the opening night.

Great Plays. Great Actors. Great Stories. Mockingbird Theatre is an award-winning (Canberra Critics Circle – The Laramie Project plays) Canberra-based theatre company bringing discerning audiences the best text-based 20th and 21st Century plays from around the world. Utilising the talents of Canberra’s experienced and emerging theatrical talents, Mockingbird Theatre’s mission is to move, thrill, entertain and to create theatrical magic that will touch the soul.