MONSTER CLOCK
by Eoghan Quinn
The show that launched Collapsing Horse Theatre tells the story of Toby a watchmaker, who also a monster. He scares everyone he meets, and finds solace in his clocks. When his mentor is stolen from him, he traverses a vast fantasy landscape to find him, makes a host of friends for the first time, and confronts an enormously powerful being that is trying to extend its life to infinity.
Monster/Clock is told through puppetry, shadow puppetry, skin acting, and 4-part chorus
Reviews
‘Best Children’s Theatre of 2012’
– Irish Times
‘This production is wise beyond its years. Brisk, smart and immersive, Monster Clock could travel as far as the adventures that lie within it.’
– Irish Times
‘A stand-alone triumph, and as a company’s first show, nothing short of astounding’
– ★★★★ entertainment.ie
‘Excellently, suspensefully crafted, stuffed with dry wit, and performed with unflagging exuberance…..Invention abounds’
– Irish Independent
‘Monster Clock is a marvel’
– Sunday Times
‘ceaseless bundles of energy that combine the tricks of the comedic trade …with heart and intelligence’
– Irish Theatre Magazine
Production
2012
Smock Alley Boy’s School, Dublin
2013
The Lir Academy, Dublin
Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
Axis, Ballymun
Draiocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown
Civic Theatre, Tallaght
Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Produced by Collapsing Horse.
Cast
(original)
Jack Gleeson
Eoghan Quinn
Aaron Heffernan
Kate Kennedy
Claire O’Malley
Richard Shaffrey
Grainne Pollock
Meadhbh McHugh
Martha McGregor
Touring Cast also includes
Siobhan Cullen
Camille Lucy Ross
Genevieve Hulme-Beaman
Manus Halligan
Siobhra Quinlan
Megan Riordan
Sorcha Fenlon
Written by Eoghan Quinn
Directed by Dan Colley
Produced by Matthew Smyth
Set and Lighting Designed by Colm McNally
Costume Designed by Emma Gleeson
Puppetry Designed by Aaron Heffernan
Music Composed by Danny Forde
Assistant Directed by Nora Kelly Lester
