4D Cinema

Sporting a projector and a screen around his head, Mamoru Iriguchi turns himself into a mobile cinema. 4D Cinema is a performance piece that explores what is live and what is recorded and fixed eternally on film. What they mean to us in this day and age where new technology blurs actual and virtual realities.

Review extracts

"the sheer craft and invention of his process takes on other dimensions...this is a really cunning, witty work that makes the brain cells spark with delight." (Mary Brennan, The Herald)

"It is at once funny, quirky and charming and conceptually bold and rigorous...It's a rare and beautiful thing" (Ben Walters, Scotsman,★★★★★)

"Surreally comic exploration of time... by one of the UK theatre’s most ingenious figures" (Tom Wicker, The Stage)

"4D Cinema is a bold experiment… one of the standout shows of the Fringe…and potentially a seminal statement in its field." (Tom Moyser, Broadway Baby,★★★★★)

"4D Cinema is an exercise in believing.. that the stage is a space where you can see simultaneously in two, three and even four dimensions" (Marine Furet, Plays to See, ★★★★★)

Creative Team

Mamoru Iriguchi: Lead Artist and Performer 

Nikki Tomlinson: Outside eye

Susanne Zaun: Dramaturg

Selina Papoutseli: Dramaturg

Alex Eisenberg: Original Videographer

Gavin Pringle: Videographer/Stage Manager (Tour)

Commissioned by Chelsea Theatre (London) | Supported by Arts Council England, Frankfurt LAB, National Theatre Studio, The Place, Artsadmin, Chelsea  and GOlive

photo: Julia Bauer 

Past Presentations

Chelsea Theatre (London), Frankfurt LAB (Frankfurt), Buzz Cut (Glasgow), InTACTO Festival (Vitorio-Gasteiz, Spain), Cambridge University, Hackney Picturehouse (London), The Marlborough (Brighton), Summerhall (Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival Fringe)