OUR STORY

Clockwork Dog started in 2015 when Tom, a software developer, said to his friend Alex, a filmmaker: “Can you help me build an escape room?”. Both fans of immersive theatre, they both agreed it had to be a memorable experience, not just a game. Using their respective skills, they created a sell out piece.

Tom & Alex wanted to be much more ambitious with their next escape room - “Loop” - a mind bending time-travel idea. In need of more skills, they asked Eyal, a theatre director, to help them. Together, they created a custom software/hardware system that made the game a hit.

The company continued designing & installing live games for all kinds of experiential events, including the launch of the Tomb Raider movie in 2017. During these adventures, their proto show control system became more sophisticated and they started selling versions of it to clients, including Escape Hunt. In 2018, COGS 1 was born.

Many installations, versions of COGS & a pandemic later they started designing systems for immersive theatre with Monopoly Lifesized in 2021. Followed by Peaky Blinders: The Rise, Secret Cinema, Saw: The Escape Experience and much more.

Clockwork Dog have since grown in size and ambition, but we continue to make all kinds of experiences memorable through our technology and expertise.

OUR VISION

Enabling creative innovation in live interactive experiences.

OUR MISSION

To advance the practice of delivering live interactive experiences by offering innovative, reliable and accessible tools for producers, creatives and technicians.

OUR TEAM

Tom Dixon

Co-founder, Director, CTO
Software engineer with a history at SwiftKey, Ocado & The Beano.
Alex Hylands-White

Co-founder, Director, CMO
Creative with a history directing film & running a production company.
Eyal Danon

Director, CFO, COO
Creative with a history directing theatre and producing experiential marketing
Sam Clear

Head of Production
Production and Project Manager with a history at Punchdrunk and other site-specific and immersive theatre companies.
Gursharan Dhanda

Production Project Manager
Creative practitioner with a history at the Black Country Living Museum.
Sam Lee

Production Technician
Theatre tech and Electrical Engineering graduate of Imperial College London
Chetan Padia

Head of Software
Software engineer with a history at Swiftkey, The Beano & multiple startups.
James Davies

Community Coordinator
Technical creative with a history at Escape Hunt.