Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.) by Mamoru Iriguchi is a critically acclaimed and widely loved production for everyone aged 12+ that celebrates our diverse gender identities and sexualities. It is a time-travel ride through evolution of sexes, and a playful new take on sex education. Packed with 1980s pop hits, humour, DIY props, costume & video, it also shares intersectional lived experiences from its LGBTQIA+ creative team. It is an eye-opening experience for everyone who missed the sex education they deserved at school. Originally made with teenagers in mind the show welcomes all people aged 12 and over, including LGBTQIA+ people, and contemporary theatre goers. S.E.X. takes the form of a senior school sex education lecture and treats the audience as if they are all 14-year-olds.
CRITICAL & AUDIENCE RESPONSE
“They didn’t teach it like that at school… thanks to @Mamoru Iriguchi and @Summerhallery for a brilliantly funny and thought provoking show. #SexEducationXplorers @HighlightsRural) “Loved loved loved Sex Education Xplorers at Summerhall – gloriously silly, hilarious, but ultimately serious show about sex and gender” (@rhysmann) “Stunningly relevant show. Laugh, cry, lip sync, what more do you want? (@stefx_123)
“We felt this was a crucial, important and relentlessly entertaining show which managed to vehicle an important message and we wish for young audiences around the world to be able to see it.” (WINNER: Infallibles Awards)
“All adults should see this show.” (14-year-old, Edinburgh) “It won’t be to everyone’s taste but it made me laugh and think. Job done, I’d say.” (Daily Mail) “There are few theatre-makers working in Scotland today who have the creative imagination, the gloriously eccentric sense of humour and the brilliant comic delivery of Iriguchi.” (The National) “A spoof senior-school lecture… designed to send critics of modern gender theory into meltdown….” ★★★★ (The Scotsman) “…a wonderful dream to get swept up in, full of images that linger in your brain” ★★★★ (Financial Times) “Bold, fun, bizarre, educational, hilarious and unexpectedly emotional”. ★★★★★ (EdFringe Review) “Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.) should be celebrated for its inventiveness, charisma and boldness” ★★★★ (The Wee Review) “packing this much information and discourse into an entertaining hour is an extraordinary feat” ★★★★ (The Skinny) S.E.X. also featured in Alice Saville’s highlights of 2021: “I still think about its idea of a post-gender ‘sex paradise’ all the time, and its triumphant sillness felt so courageous in a grey and challenging year.” (Alice Saville, Exeunt)
PRESENTATION For this proposed tour, this one act, 50-minute performance will be presented alongside a “second act” that is curated in collaboration with venue progammers, their staff teams, and or the local communities. Our team is particularly interested in identifying Young Promoter/Curator schemes like those developed by North East Arts Touring (NEAT) to curate what this might look like in each location. Examples of this might be: – Round table discussion with LGBT+ young people and/or local MSPs – Q&A discussion – Post show workshop – Zine making workshop – Something completely different based on the interests of the local community
