The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is the winner of five 2015 Tony Awards, including the prestigious prize for "Best Play". Based on Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel and marvellously adapted for the stage by Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephen, The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time resumed its West End run at London's Gielgud Theatre this summer, starring Stephen Beckett, Jacqueline Clarke and Kaffe Keating.
Christopher, 15 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, exceptional at maths while 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.
