Iriguchi is an award-winning Edinburgh-based performance maker and theatre designer with background in zoology. His performance works explore 2D and 3D, liveness and pre-recorded-ness, gender and sexuality, fairytales and evoluKon theories.
His pieces, including 4D Cinema (Autopsy Award winner/Chelsea Theatre + Frankfurt LAB co- commission), PAINKILLERS (The Yard NOW commission), One Man Show (The Place Prize commission), Projector/Conjector (selected for Aerowaves Spring Forward) were supported by organisaKons including Arts Council England, Artsadmin, NaKonal Theatre Studio, and The Place. They toured in the UK and internaKonally. He also makes inKmate short pieces that have been shown at Tramway, Duckie, Tate Britain, ICA, and Wellcome CollecKon.
Iriguchi’s theatre design work includes Mincemeat (Cardboard CiKzens, Best Design, Evening Standard Theatre Awards), Gloria: A Pigtale (Bregenz FesKval, Austria and Royal Opera House, London) and The Pink Bits (Mapping4D, Oxford Samuel BeckeN Theatre Award).
What critics said about Mamoru’s performance work:
“…a really cunning, witty work that makes the brain cells spark with delight.” (Mary Brennan, The Herald)
“…surreally comic…exploration of time by one of the UK theatre’s most ingenious figures.” (Tom Wicker, The Stage)
“…beautifully techno-cockoo … charmingly dead-pan, witty and inventive.” (Donald Hutera, The Times)
“…Iriguchi’s wild imagination and rudimentary graphics could lead us anywhere.” (Peter Crawley, The Irish Times)
“…absurdly hilarious, it’s also very sweet. One of the most imaginative things you’ll see” (Lyndsey Winship, Time Out)
