Review of CIDINT

The show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime featured a charismatic cast with an amazing stage and intriguing lights and sound effects, the show was incredibly futuristic which I enjoyed. The show was based heavily off of the novel which tells the story of an autistic but very smart boy named Christopher who has two goals in the near future, to find the killer of his neighbors dog, Wellington and to get an A* on his math A-level exam. The play stayed very true to the novel in that it did not change a lot of the storyline around a lot and used charismatic acting, lighting effects and sound effects to emphasize the symptoms of Christopher's autism. They also managed to include some comedic elements and language into the play which was fun too.  I do feel like the play was a bit confusing in the beginning as to explaining who was who and what was going on but once you caught on you basically knew the story and understood everything you saw. The lights sometimes made it complicated to know where you were and who lived where but the lighting really came to life in the train scene which was quite well done. I liked the distant affection that the parents showed Christopher as well, Christopher doesn't like to be touched, but when prompted he touches his mother and father's hands as I sign to show them that he does love them which occurs repeatedly throughout the show and just adds a very touching element to the show. I feel the show ended nicely with Christopher getting an A* on his exam and his parents are both very proud of him and it is just a very touching scene and Christopher's own victory, I also like how in the last scene when he asked his mom that since he got an A* on the exam that he could do anything but right before she could respond, the screen cut to black which in my opinion was a genius way to end a brilliant show. In all, I was impressed with all aspects of the play and am happy that I took the time to go see it, it definitely exceed my expectations and I would recommend it to any avid play-goer looking for something new or a beginners first show, be it what it is, it is a great show and I enjoyed it very much.