THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME transferred to London's West End, following a sold-out run at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2012. The production received seven 2013 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play.
Fifteen-year old Christopher has an extraordinary brain; he is exceptionally intelligent but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor's dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever.
The production is designed by three-time Olivier Award-winner Bunny Christie, with lighting by Tony Award-winner Paule Constable, video design by Finn Ross, movement by Scott Graham and Olivier Award-winner Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph.
At times, admittedly, you need a little patience with the unfolding of 'The Curious Incident.' While the piece supplies its share of touching moments - and even some outrageously sentimental ones, involving a puppy - the world it conjures is never overrun with kindly types, eager to come to the aid of a struggling young soul. That the production remains true to this rather unsparing vision is as much to its credit as is all that technical wizardry.
What Stephens, Elliott and Christies (who also designed the tone-perfect costumes) - along with blazingly expressive lighting by Paule Constable, projections by Finn Ross and music by Adrian Sutton - is bring us inside the head of an exceptional outsider who is also unyieldingly one of us. Don't think for a second this is an after-school special, though special The Curious Incidentcertainly is. It may in the end be too sentimental to qualify as highbrow - but it's brilliant nonetheless.
2013 | West End |
The National Theatre Production West End |
2012 | West End |
National Theatre West End Production West End |
2014 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2016 | US Tour |
First US National Tour US Tour |
2021 | West End |
West End |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2015 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Marianne Elliott |
2015 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Play | Alex Sharp |
2015 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Play | Simon Stephens |
2015 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Sound Design of a Play | Ian Dickinson |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Alex Sharp |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Marianne Elliott |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Paule Constable |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Simon Stephens |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Finn Ross |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Ian Dickinson |
2015 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Alex Sharp |
2015 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play | Simon Stephens |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Alex Sharp |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Play | Marianne Elliott |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Francesca Faridany |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Paule Constable |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Play | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
2015 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Set Design | Bunny Christie |
2015 | Theatre World Awards | Theatre World Award | Alex Sharp |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Scott Graham |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Steven Hoggett |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Marianne Elliott |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Play | Paule Constable |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alex Sharp |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Glass Half Full Productions |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | The National Theatre |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | The Shubert Organization |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Triple Play Broadway |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Prime Number Group |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Jon B. Platt |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Ruth Hendel |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Simon Stephens |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Roy Furman |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Scott M. Delman |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Roger Berlind |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Bob Boyett |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Chris Harper |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Nick Starr |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Warner Bros. |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | NT America |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Tim Levy |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Stuart Thompson |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Scott Rudin |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Bunny Christie |
2015 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Play | Finn Ross |
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