The National Theatre’s West End transfer of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has extended its run at the Apollo theatre by 14 weeks following “strong demand” for tickets to see the critically acclaimed production.
The Marianne Elliott-directed adaptation of Mark Haddon’s award-winning novel, which premiered last year at the NT’s Cottesloe theatre, will play from 1 March (press night 12 March) and is now booking to 31 August.
Further casting was also announced by the Southbank venue today with Holly Aird (Waking The Dead), recent drama school graduate Johnny Gibbon, Seán Gleeson (EastEnders) and Tilly Tremayne (Women Beware Women, NT) joining the company.
The show’s original leading man, Luke Treadaway, will return to the production to share the role of 15-year-old Christopher Boone with Gibbon, while co-star Niamh Cusack also returns to reprise her performance as Christopher’s teacher Siobhan.
The innovative play tells the story of a boy who, though exceptional at maths, cannot interpret everyday life. He has never passed the end of the road by himself, he hates to be touched and he doesn’t trust strangers. But when he finds himself under suspicion of killing his neighbour’s dog, Christopher embarks on a mission to discover the truth about Wellington’s untimely death. His detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey as he tries to solve The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time.
The show’s West End success follows a sell-out season at the NT and a record-breaking worldwide live screening, which saw the show watched by more than 40,000 people in the UK alone. In its four star review The Independent said the show was “intensely, innately theatrical; it is also funny and extremely moving”, while The Guardian described the production as having “enormous flair”.
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time was adapted for the stage by playwright Simon Stephens, whose latest play Port is currently playing at the NT’s Lyttelton theatre.