Brief Biography


Mamoru (he/him) is an award-winning performance maker and theatre designer with a background in zoology. He is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rooted in his knowledge and experience in designing set, costume and projection, Mamoru’s performance work often explores 2D and 3D, liveness and pre-recorded-ness, gender and sexuality, fairytales and evolution theories.


His pieces have been presented in diverse platforms including theatre, dance, live art and participatory arts. They includes What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don’t See When Your Eyes Are Open (Nominee: Offies Award), Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.) (Nominee: CATS), EATEN (Nominee: CATS), The Tallest (Tate Early Years & Families commission), 4D Cinema (Winnner, Autopsy Award) and Projector/Conjector (Aerowaves Twenty14).All his full-length pieces toured in the UK and internationally.


His theatre design work includes Mincemeat (Cardboard Citizens, Best Design, Evening Standard Theatre Awards)and The Pink Bits (Mapping4D, Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Award).




What critics said about Mamoru’s performance work

   

“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.” 

(Mark Brown, The National)


“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)




Awards/Commissions/Residencies


2024 Creative Fund, Puppet Animation Scotland: Size Matters


2022/23 Schwankhalle (Bremen) Co-production

Wellcome Collection presentation

Nomination, Offie Awards: 

What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don’t See When Your Eyes Are Open


2022/23 Play Development Bursary, Playwrights Studio Scotland: Working Money’s Social Club


2021 Nomination, Best Production for Children and Young People,CATS(Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland):

Nomination, Creativity Award, Creative Edinburgh Awards

Winner, Infallible Award, Best production for young audiences

Sex Education Xplorers(S.E.X.)


2021 Tramway Performance Now commission:

At the Ends of the Day


2019 //BUZZCUT// Double Thrills Associateship;

What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don’t See When Your Eyes Are Open


2018 Nomination, Best Production for Children and Young People, CATS(Critic’s Awards for Theatre in Scotland): Eaten


2017 Tate Early Years & Families Commission

The Tallest


2016 Winner, Autopsy Award (Summerhall and Feral Arts)

Winner, Best Director, Asian Arts Awards

4D Cinema


2014 SACRED commission (Chelsea Theatre)

Frankfurt LAB Residency

4D Cinema


2014 Spring Loaded commission (The Place)

GRAFT


2014 N.O.W.14 commission(The Yard)

National Theatre Studio Residency 

PAINKILLERS


2013 Selected, Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival

Projector/Conjector


2013 Fierce Festival / Live Art UK commission

4th October 2113


2013 Choreodrome residency (The Place)

GRAFT


2012 The Place Prize commisson (The Place, London)

One Man Show


2012- 15 Artsadmin Associate Artist


2012 Fierce Festival / Pilot commission

Alone in Cinema


2010 Plateaux Fesival commission(Mousonturm, Frankfurt)

Into the Skirt


2009 SPILL Festival National Platform (National Theatre Studio

Pregnant?!


2009 Best Design winner, London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

Mincemeat, Cardboard Citizens


2004 Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Award

The Pink Bits, Mapping4D

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