Curious Incident takes the audience on an adventure alongside the plays unlikely hero, fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone. When Christopher falls under suspicion for killing his neighbors dog, he uses his love of Sherlock Holmes and his own astute deductive abilities to solve the mystery in this journey of discovery.
With the plays illustrations of what Christopher is feeling, its evocations of his gift for math, and its sensitive depiction of how his unique brain works, Curious Incident finds a thrilling and heartfelt way to highlight the nuanced internal world of someone on the autism spectrum.
Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play by Simon Stephens is adapted from Mark Haddons best-selling novel and directed by Erryn Bard.
The New York Times said this play is one of the most fully immersive works ever to wallop Broadway. Be prepared to have all your emotional and sensory buttons pushed, including a few you may have not known existed.
TIME Magazine said this is a play that works on every level crowd-pleasing, eye-opening, life-affirming and unmissable.
February
22nd at 7.30pm
23rd at 2pm
23rd at 7.30pm
24th at 2pm
Keith Anderson Community House, 19 Bennoch Rd., Orono
$25 for Front row reserved seating – Patron of the Arts
$12 for General admission