The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time is ending its run on the West End Sage on Saturday, Jun 3, after captivating audiences for almost five years.

It can sometimes be worrying when a classic book gets adapted for the stage or a film, however the show, which is playing at the Gielgud Theatre, in Shaftesbury Avenue, does not fail to bring to life the characters from Mark Haddon’s novel of the same name.

Originally published in 2003, the novel won more than seventeen literary awards, as well as the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in the UK in 2004.

It has seen a great deal of success of the stage too, as it received seven 2013 Olivier Awards and five 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Play.

The story follows Christopher Boone (Joseph Ayre), a 15-year-old boy with Asperger Syndrome, who finds his neighbour’s dog has been killed with a pitch-fork.

Even though the teenager has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, he is ill-equipped to understand everyday life and has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road.

Despite this, Christopher still decides to take it upon himself to find out who killed the dog and in doing so, he uncovers a deeper secret that will change his life.

It was clear that director Marianne Elliott knew what she was doing when she set out working on this production, particularly as the narrative in the novel heavily relies on logic and mathematics, so I was curious myself to see just how the story would be portrayed on the stage.

The play is very visual and the audience is able to see the world through the eyes of Christopher through the use of the entire stage, including the walls, as he walks along the walls pretending to be an astronaut and also even runs up them in a panic when he gets lost on his travels.

Joseph’s performance of Christopher is truly outstanding and his ability to show the struggles of what someone with Aspergers goes through on a daily basis is perfectly portrayed.

Even the programme enhances the production through various explanations of the Pythagoras theorem and other mathematical explanations.

Regardless of whether you have or haven’t read the novel, the theatre production is a creative masterpiece with an extremely talented cast.

Star-rating: *****

The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night-Time, Gielgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, W1D 6AR, until Saturday, June 3, 2.30pm or 7.30pm, details: curiousonstage.com