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EGG

 

(2006)

By Fiona Colliss
A Mull Theatre/Clown Conspiracy co-production

This is the story of the clown, Red, whose mission is to protect two eggs that are bound for Earth in a spaceship. Red must protect, love, entertain and educate the precious eggs on their journey. Red does her best to keep the eggs happy, but sometimes she gets carried away and things don’t go to plan! A very family friendly show, suitable for all ages.

Set Design and Build - Richard Firth
Sound Design – Gordon Colliss and Marcelo de Oliveira
Graphic Design and Lighting Design – Richard Firth
Costumes – Hilary McDonald

Devised and performed by Fiona Colliss

 

Fiona Colliss – trained clown, circus artist, youth theatre leader and registered "Clown Doctor" – brings her full-length Clown Show to Mull Theatre. This is the story of the clown, Red, whose mission is to protect two eggs that are bound for Earth in a spaceship. Red must protect, love, entertain and educate the precious eggs on their journey. Red does her best to keep the eggs happy, but sometimes she gets carried away and things don’t go to plan!

A very family friendly show, suitable for all ages.

Commissioned for Mull Theatre

 

REVIEWS

Egg (2005)

SCOTSMAN
August 3 2005
Mull Little Theatre, Dervaig
JOYCE MCMILLAN***

… Back on Mull, meanwhile, it's worth noting that Alasdair McCrone's heroic company are also making a major push this year for younger audiences. In the autumn they will set off on a children's tour with a show based on Marie Hedderwick's much-loved Katie Morag stories and, in the meantime, at Dervaig, Fiona Colliss of Clown Conspiracy is presenting a delightful afternoon solo show for the four-to-eights called Egg, in which a little alien has to supervise two very precious eggs on their journey back to earth. Normally, I'm the kind of person who has to be carried out of clown shows, catatonic with boredom. But Colliss's clowning, delivered in a sparkly purple catsuit rather than the usual baggy gear, struck me as elegant, original, emotionally appealing and unusually thoughtful. The kids certainly loved it and, as for the large numbers of holiday-duty dads in the audience - well, oddly enough, on a sunny afternoon in Dervaig, they weren't complaining much either.

 

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