Thomas Monckton

Thomas "Thom" Monckton is an entertainer from Patea, South Taranaki, New Zealand. Thom trained for two years at New Zealand's circus school CircoArts and two years at the physical theatre school Lecoq in Paris. Monckton has worked around New Zealand as a solo artist and as an actor with the Ugly Shakespeare Theatre Company. He is now based in Europe. Thomas Monckton's solo silent work of circus and clown, The Pianist, has been performed in Finland, Scotland, England, New York and various cities in New Zealand. His previous show, Moving Stationery, was the big sell-out hit of the 2012 Wellington Fringe, sweeping the awards and going on to win Monckton a Best Actor gong at that year's Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards.