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National confirms full dates for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time tour

The 31 city tour opens at the Salford Lowry in December

The National Theatre has confirmed full dates and venues for its forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which will begins in December at the Lowry in Salford.

The Olivier Award-winning show, adapted from Mark Haddon's bestselling novel by Simon Stephens, will resume its West End run at the Gielgud Theatre on 24 June; the Broadway premiere will begin performances at the Barrymore Theatre on 15 September.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is directed by Marianne Elliott, designed by Bunny Christie, with lighting by Paule Constable, video design by Finn Ross, movement by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph.

Casting for the tour is yet to be confirmed.

Tour dates

Lowry, Salford – 18 December 2014 – 10 January 2015
New Theatre, Hull – 12 – 17 January 2015
Grand Opera House, York – 19 – 24 January 2015
Theatre Royal, Newcastle – 26 January – 7 February 2015
Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent – 9 – 14 February 2015
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton – 16 – 21 February 2015
Theatre Royal, Plymouth – 2 – 14 March 2015
Waterside, Aylesbury – 16 – 21 March 2015
Royal & Derngate, Northampton – 23 – 28 March 2015
Theatre Royal, Nottingham – 30 – 11 April 2015
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff – 13 – 18 April 2015
Bradford, Alhambra – 20 – 25 April 2015
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh – 27 April – 9 May 2015
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury – 11 – 23 May 2015
Birmingham Hippodrome – 25 May – 6 June 2015
Curve, Leicester – 8 – 13 June 2015
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – 22 June – 4 July 2015
Hall for Cornwall, Truro – 6 – 11 July 2015
New Theatre, Oxford – 13 – 18 July 2015
Liverpool Empire – 20 – 25 July 2015
Bristol Hippodrome – 3 – 8 August 2015
Sunderland Empire – 10 – 15 August 2015
Glasgow Kings – 17 – 22 August 2015
Leeds Grand – 24 – 29 August 2015
His Majesty’s Aberdeen – 31 August – 5 September 2015
Theatre Royal, Norwich – 7 – 12 September 2015
Sheffield Lyceum – 14 – 26 September 2015
Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin – 5 – 10 October 2015
Grand Opera House, Belfast – 12 – 17 October 2015
Theatre Royal, Bath – 19 – 31 October 2015
Milton Keynes Theatre – 2 – 7 November 2015