The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time

This is the trailer for 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time' being performed at the National Theatre

We have started working on the the opening of our play 'the curious incident of the dog in the night time'. We tried different ways of creating a chaotic atmosphere which reflects in a way what goes on in Christopher's head. We created a sequence that starts with everyone walking around the room in any direction, not bumping into anyone. It then develops into a "pushing away" movement whenever you meet someone. After five of these it changes to putting your hands on your head when you meet someone, all of these movements being something Christopher would do if he was walking through a busy place, much like the one we have created.
We all finish on our knees with our head in our hands, I think this is an effective way of introducing the audience to Christopher's personality and how his asperges affects his behaviour. To finish the opening sequence, starting with Christopher, we each type our phone number onto an imaginary key pad, but with people joining in at different at times.

This video shows their thought process behind the staging of the play as well as how they worked to portray Christopher's autism and thought process. They talk about the use of lots of interactive things and using all the senses and how this is similar to an autistic persons thinking. A teacher from an autistic school described an autistic child's mind "like the water in the bath is always about to spill, because the world is so random to them".

Mrs Shears- I find it very hard to know how to act around Christopher, with all that's gone on of course I feel sorry for him but I find it very hard to talk to him without thinking about his mother which of course leads to my ex husband. Also with his constant questioning I can't help getting frustrated with the boy, especially when he's being nosey about things that do not concern him, like the death of Wellington.