The Curious Incident feat. Broadway Technology

It was yesterday when our entire English class went field trip to New York. The day before, I was already excited thinking that we are going to have a field trip! And I got on the bus with that mind and waited for the arrival. Unfortunately, we arrived a little late due to the infamous traffic of NYC. Intro part of the scene was already passed. However, as I had read the book, it did not matter much.

The play that we watched was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time originally written by Mark Haddon. The first thing I notice was a very strong British accent. It gave me the basic sense of background which is the United Kingdom. Obviously, the one thing that caught my eyes was the stage. I had watched the trailer for the play version, so it was even more interesting to watch and find what I had seen on the trailer. The stage looked like a cube that consisted of a number of square tiles. On each point of tiles, a dotted light came out and created a cool effect. Firstly, I was surprised at light effects. It was so bright and moved in a hectic way that I almost got a headache but they were really good. Combined with the sound effects, they helped show Christopher's perplexed inside and thus helped audience view plot from his side. Especially when he was in London Train Station, he was confused by a lot of people and unusual signs, and they were drawn by all the light and sound effects. Furthermore, their use of motion was very effective. There was no useless motion. Even if the motion seemed not important and very subtle, they were all connected in the end. For example, when Christopher connects railroads, it seemed very random. However, when suddenly all lights turned off, and toy train started moving, we can know that train actually shows the solving of his confusion.
People who were there have been saying that the best part of the show was the puppy at last. It was really cute and I did not expect that a real dog would appear so it was a pleasant surprise for everyone.

As a person who was expecting a pure act, this was a little surprising. A lot of modern technologies were used. This made me realized that a digital projector can be used in play in this way. The actor who acted Christopher did really well in my opinion. Also, the math question Christopher solved was interesting too.