Nightlife & Activities

The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time

Date: June 2-3－7:30 pm

Venue: Guangzhou Opera House

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 of the same title, and directed by Tony Award winner Marianne Elliott (War Horse, Curious Incident). It has been the longest-running play on Broadway in over a decade, since it premiered at the Barrymore Theatre in September 2014. It won 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 show tells the story of Christopher John Francis Boone, who is 15 years old. He discovers Mrs Shears' dead dog Wellington, 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, and 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.