Our open play reading for THE CURIOUS INCEIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME adapted by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon will be at 8pm in the Studio on Tuesday 16th April 2024. This is your chance to come and find out a bit more about the play and meet the directors, Robin Clark and Keith Orton.
Our play readings are free to attend and open to everyone, including non-members. Anyone who wishes to read will be given a chance to do so, but you are also very welcome to come and listen to others read. We hope to see you there! At the end, you will be able to borrow a script (which must be returned before or at the audition).
The auditions will be on Tuesday 23rd April at 7.30pm and Sunday 28th April 2024 in the theatre. You only need attend one of those dates. The audition notice is available here:
http://millercentretheatre.org/index.php/auditions
You do not need to be a member to come to a play reading or audition, but if you are cast in a play, you must join (membership is £30 per year).
PERFORMANCE DATES: 26th September - 5th October 2024 (including a matinee on Saturday 28th September).
GETTING HERE
Access to the Studio is around the back of the theatre: This is at the end of Timber Lane, off Timber Hill Road - use the postcode CR3 6LZ or what3words: knee.marker.slides
https://what3words.com/knee.marker.slides
We are a few minutes walk from both Caterham train station (trains from London Bridge/East Croydon run every 30 minutes) and the last stop on the 407 Sutton-Caterham bus route. Parking is available in local side streets.
SYNOPSIS
Christopher, 15 years old, stands beside Mrs Shears' dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is ill-equiped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. But Christopher's detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his world upside-down.
Simon Stephens' adaption of Mark Haddon's bestselling, award-winning novel, offers a richly theatrical exploration of this touching and bleakly humorous tale.
The professional production premiered at the Royal National Theatre in 2012 and subsequently transfered to the West End and Broadway.