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                        How can we incorporate physical theatre into a performance?

 Christopher Boone





 Mark Haddon explained that Curious Incident is not                                     Mime – This usually means stylized movement but can be

 a book about Asperger’s. It’s a novel whose central                                    comparatively realistic.
 character describes himself as “a mathematician

 with some behavioural difficulties”. If anything it’s a                                Status – This may be executed by use of levels or by distance
 novel about difference, about being an outsider,                                       or strength of contact, or a combination of all of these with
                                                                                        voice work.
 about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing
 way. It’s as much a novel about us as it is about                                      Proximity – How close or far you are from your co-performers

 Christopher. Diagnosing Christopher is a pointless                                     can be a source of very powerful impact. For example, the
 exercise.                                                                              threatening gangster who speaks to his victim from perhaps a
 He is an individual, like any other character; a                                       couple of inches.

 character who has integrity and depth who is unique
 and has individual quirks, flaws and dreams.                                           Movement - Every movement needs to be rehearsed with
                                                                                        precision.

 This is Christopher John Francis Boone.
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