And the biggest beast of all, at 13.7 tonnes, 2.2m high and 2.7m in diameter, is the Great Bell itself, Big Ben. There are the four quarter bells, which chime at 15, 30, 45 minutes past and just before the hour, weighing in at between 1.1 and 4 tonnes. Each hour hand, made of gun metal, a type of bronze, comes in at 2.7m and including counterweights, weighs 300kg. The four-minute hands, on each of the clock’s four faces, are made of copper sheet, measure 4.2m in length and weigh 100kg, including counterweights. Despite their intensity, neither actor hits upon a way of working comfortably with the video screen, and consequently the show remains detached, dislocated, a jumble of parts resting awkwardly together.In the bustling centre of London, in the midst of a busy working Parliament building, atop the 96m-high Elizabeth Tower, up 11 floors (and 334 steps), is the Great Clock. Raymond Keane, as the king, is firm with a leaning towards stridency, while Jack Walshe as the strolling poet, clad only in Chisato Yoshimi carefully toned and slashed rags, is also forceful, though more varied. The story is therefore evoked through a combination of live actors, dancers, prerecorded Enyaesque music, live singing and large scale projections of both live and prerecorded film segments. All are locked in a symbolistic scenario in which the two males appear to struggle for the attentions of or even for some sign of life from the female.
Yeats's poetic, page bound drama concerns the activities of a king, a queen and a poet.
Yeats "to blame for its watery scenario, but that hardly exonerates the company. Throwin' Shapes's version of The King of the Great Clock Tower has W.B.
The bad news is that this style involves focusing time and effort in producing neo Celtic mythologies of rocks, stones, wind and water, which yell at the top of their lungs "Genuine Hibernian audio visual product." IN the short time since Arthouse and the new Gallery of Photography opened, it seems as though a Temple Bar house style has already begun to emerge.
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