Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- Matt Smith will take on an unusual role as an alien in a new stage production of The Humans. The actor will lead the play, which adapts Matt Haig's novel for the theatre. Jack Thorne, the writer behind Adolescence, will handle the adaptation. The production marks the first time Haig's story reaches the stage.

The story follows an alien who travels to Earth after humans become too technologically advanced. He plans to stop humanity by taking over the body of Professor Andrew Martin, a mathematics teacher from Cambridge. However, his mission takes an unexpected turn as he experiences life among humans. His growing understanding of their world gradually changes his original purpose.

As the alien spends more time on Ear...