18 July 2017 FULL CAST ANNOUCED TODAY The National Theatre production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME BEGINS AN INTERNATIONAL TOUR AT THE KONINKLIJK THEATRE CARRÉ, AMSTERDAM 20 SEPTEMBER – 1 OCTOBER 2017 A NEW PLAY BY SIMON STEPHENS ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY MARK HADDON DIRECTED BY MARIANNE ELLIOTT The National Theatre today announced casting for the international tour of the Olivier and Tony Award®-winning production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, which premieres at the Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam on 20 September 2017. 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. Curious Incident). The all-British company for this first-ever international tour is Joshua Jenkins (Christopher), who played the role in the first UK tour, Julie Hale (Siobhan), David Michaels (Ed), Emma Beattie (Judy), Bruce McGregor (Reverend Peters), Amanda Posener (Mrs Shears), Oliver Boot (Mr Shears), Crystal Condie (Punk Girl), Debra Michaels (Mrs Alexander), Matt Wilman (Mr Thompson) with Sam Newton will play Christopher at certain performances and the understudies are; Emma Jane Goodwin, Jâms Thomas, Danielle Young, Joe Rising. Director Marianne Elliott said: ‘I’m absolutely thrilled that our production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will continue to tour across the world and I look forward to sharing with audiences our staging of Mark Haddon’s beautiful story of love, family and bravery in the most unlikely of environments.’ THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME transferred to London’s West End, following a sold-out run at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe theatre in September 2012,. 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 Olivier’s than any other play in the history of London’s West End. CURIOUS INCIDENT, the longest-running play on Broadway in over a decade, 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. CURIOUS INCIDENT 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. CURIOUS INCIDENT is currently on a major tour of the US until September 2017, and a second tour of the UK and Ireland continues until September 2017. The show tells the story of Christopher John Francis Boone, who is fifteen years old. 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, 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. The production is designed by Olivier and Tony Award-winner Bunny Christie, Tony Award- winning lighting designer Paule Constable and Tony Award-winning video designer Finn Ross. Movement is by Scott Graham and Olivier Award-winning Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, music by Adrian Sutton (who also composed music for War Horse) and sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph. Mark Haddon’s novel THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME was published in 2003 and was the winner of more than 17 literary awards, including prizes in the US, Japan, Holland and Italy, as well as the prestigious Whitbread Book of the Year Award in the UK in 2004. The novel has been translated into 44 languages and sold more than 5.5 million copies world-wide. Marianne Elliott was an Associate Director of the National Theatre for 10 years, and her current play for the company, a new production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America appears at the NT until August 2017. Her other work includes War Horse (co-directed with Tom Morris), The Light Princess, Port, Season’s Greetings, All’s Well that Ends Well, Harper Regan, Saint Joan (Olivier Award for Best Revival, South Bank Show Award for Theatre), and Pillars of the Community (Evening Standard Award for Best Director). Marianne was consultant director on The Elephantom for the National Theatre and directed Sweet Bird of Youth for the Old Vic with Kim Cattrall. Marianne recently formed a new company with producer Chris Harper - Elliott Harper Productions. Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. His poetry collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, was published by Picador in 2005, and his last novel, The Red House, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2012. His latest book is The Pier Falls, a collection of stories. He lives in Oxford. Simon Stephens’ plays for the National Theatre include: a new translation of The Threepenny Opera, Port (originally produced at the Royal Exchange and directed by Marianne Elliott) at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre , Harper Regan (which was produced at Canadian Stage) and On the Shore of the Wide World (co-production with Royal Exchange, Manchester: Olivier Award for Best New Play). His many other plays include Carmen Disruption, Heisenberg (currently running on Broadway), Birdland, Blindsided, Three Kingdoms, Wastwater, Punk Rock, Seawall, Pornography, Country Music, Christmas and Herons; A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky (co-written with Robert Holman and David Eldridge); an adaptation of Jon Fosse’s I Am the Wind and Motortown. His version of A Doll’s House for the Young Vic transferred to the West End and then New York in 2014. Simon is an Associate at the Lyric, Hammersmith and the Royal Court Theatre. Simon’s book – Simon Stephens, A working Diary was published earlier this year: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/simon-stephens-a-working-diary-9781474251457/ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time international tour dates Koninklijk Theter Carré, Amsterdam 20 September – 1 October 2017 Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto 10 October – 19 November 2017 Further international dates to be announced. For images, click here. ENDS Press contact: Susie Newbery on 020 7452 3155 / [email protected] About the National Theatre The National Theatre is dedicated to making the very best theatre and sharing it with as many people as possible. We produce productions on the South Bank in London each year, ranging from reimagined classics to modern masterpieces and new work by contemporary writers and theatre-makers. The National’s work is seen on tour throughout the UK, in London’s West End, internationally (including on Broadway) and in collaborations and co- productions with regional theatres. National Theatre Live, which broadcasts live performances to cinema screens internationally, is now celebrating its 7th year and has been experienced by over 6 million people worldwide in 200 countries. For more information, visit NTLive.com The Clore Learning Centre at the NT is committed to providing programmes for schools, young people, families, community groups and adult learners. The nationwide youth theatre festival Connections and playwriting competition New Views engage thousands of young people around the country. Further, over 2,600 secondary schools have signed up to the free streaming service, On Demand in Schools since its launch in September 2015. In 2015-2016 the NT: Staged 34 productions and gave 3,057 performances in the UK and internationally. Reached audiences of over 787,000 on the South Bank, and over 3.7 million worldwide (South Bank, West End, touring and NT Live). Broadcast, via the NT Live programme, to nearly 6 million people around the world. Engaged with over 189,000 participants through the NT Learning events programme. Current and upcoming tours from the National Theatre include: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Jane Eyre touring the UK until September 2017; War Horse begins a second UK tour in September 2017 and Hedda Gabler begins a UK tour in October 2017. .