National Theatre CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Announces Additional Performance

The National Theatre of Great Britain's Olivier and Tony Award-winning production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will tour Australia for the first time from June 2018. Due to popular demand an extra week has been added to the Sydney season with the production now playing until Saturday 28 July. In this additional week there will be special midweek matinee performances on Wednesday 25 July and Thursday 26 July at 1pm.

Following its acclaimed sell-out debut season in Melbourne the play will be performed in Brisbane from 12 June, Canberra from 27 June, Sydney from 4 to 28 July then Adelaide from 31 July and Perth from 8 August, by an all-British and Irish cast.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME is adapted by Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon's best-selling book and directed by Tony Award winner Marianne Elliott (War Horse, Angels in America).

Following a sold-out run at the National Theatre, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME transferred to London's West End, where it enjoyed sell-out houses. It is the recipient of a record-breaking seven 2013 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play, Best Director, Best Design, Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design - more Oliviers than any other play in the history of London's West End at that time.

The play then transferred to Broadway, where it premiered at the Barrymore Theatre in September 2014, winning five Tony Awards including Best Play, six Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Play, five Outer Critics Circle Awards including Outstanding New Broadway Play and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or

Off-Broadway Play. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME was the longest-running play on Broadway in over a decade, and was named among the top 10 productions of 2014 by over 20 leading media outlets, including The New York Times, Associated Press, New York Post, Time Out New York, Playbill and Time Magazine.

The show tells the story of fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone He stands besides Mrs Shears' dead dog, which has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in a book he is writing to solve the mystery of who killed Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain, is 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 distrusts strangers. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME is described as "a play that works on every level, crowd-pleasing, eye-opening, life-affirming and unmissable" by TIME Magazine and hailed as "a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle" by The Times (UK).

The all-British and Irish company for this international tour is Joshua Jenkins (Christopher), who played the role in the first UK tour, Julie Hale (Siobhan), Stuart Laing (Ed), Emma Beattie (Judy), Bruce McGregor (Reverend Peters), Amanda Posener (Mrs Shears), Oliver Boot (Mr Shears), Danielle Kassarate (Punk Girl), Debra Michaels (Mrs Alexander), Matt Wilman (Mr Thompson) with Kaffe Keating playing Christopher at certain performances. The understudies are Kieran Garland, Emma Keele, Joe Rising and Danielle Young.

This tour is presented by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions. Prior to this tour THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME was presented in Melbourne by Arts Centre Melbourne and Melbourne Theatre Company.

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EXTRA SYDNEY WEEK ON SALE FRIDAY 18 MAY

Venue: Roslyn Packer Theatre

Dates & Times: 4 July - 28 July 2018

Tuesday 7pm; Wed-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sunday 1pm & 6pm

**Special midweek matinees at 1pm on Wed 25 & Thu 26 July**

Bookings: curiousincident.com.au

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