The Clockmaker Review Highlights
"As Massicotte’s tale gathers momentum, along with layers of mystery, quirkiness and dream logic, The Clockmaker becomes a piquant parable about memory, guilt, second chances, and the remorselessness of time." - The Washington Post
"By turns unsettling and sweet, this metaphysical mystery and romance has an original tone that sits halfway between Franz Kafka and Frank Capra." - The Globe and Mail
"The Clockmaker ... is a deft and interesting piece of work, as intricate and finely balanced as any timepiece. In the course of 90 minutes, it lays before us a couple of highly unusual “love affairs” as well as musings about the nature of time, memory and the hereafter. Think of it as Kafka’s The Trial meets Heaven Can Wait." - Toronto Star
“It takes a real master to successfully blend comedy, romance, crime drama, and metaphysical mystery into a single play. Fortunately, talented Canadian playwright Stephen Massicotte is just such a master.” - DC Theatre Scene
"Alternately a love story, a mystery, a thriller and a jigsaw puzzle, it challenges the audience to collect and assemble the pieces that eventually form into a satisfying whole with an unanticipated outcome." - TribLIVE, Pittsburgh
"It's truly remarkable how Massicotte assembles all these ideas, plot and characters into a working harmonious whole; he might himself be the master clockmaker." - Examiner, Milwaukee
"A one act play with no intermission, The Clockmaker is so compelling you will forget everything — who you are and where you are — for its entire duration." - Theatromania, Toronto
"I was deeply impressed, and occasionally astonished, by Calgary playwright Stephen Massicotte’s The Clockmaker ... There are good reasons why this moving, thoughtprovoking drama received the city’s 2009 Outstanding New Play Award." - Post City Toronto
"Intriguing and engaging." - The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon
"In this fascinating new play ... Stephen Massicotte offers much more than what meets the eye and ear." - Pittsburgh City Paper