Into the Skirt

A one-man multimedia period-costume-drama. It explores the stuffy and humid world inside the crinoline -- an architectural structure supporting red velvet skirt that resembles theatre curtain. It opens to reveal secret affair between Fairytale princess and Prince charming. Alongside this love story, Into the Skirt also invites its audiences to the world that makes sense only to a bookish 7 year-old bedwetter (Mamoru). In the second half, this surrealist world is revisited by himself at the age of 14 who encounters his younger self there.

Review Extracts

".....His hoop skirt, the eggs, and his imitation of Judy Garland are colourful and humorous illustrations of the battle against heteronormativity.”

Philipp Schulte (Alternative Genealogies: Critique and style in Contemporary Performance Art)

Creative Team

Mamoru Iriguchi: Lead Artist and Performer

Nikki Tomlinson: Dramaturg

Maria Garcia: Costume Co-designer/Supervisior

Comminssined by Mousonturm (Frankfurt) for Plateaux Festival | Supported by Camden People’s Theatre, Mousonturm, Battersea Arts Centre, Artsadmin

photo: Marko Blaufass, Maria Garcia

Past Presentations

Plateaux Festival (commissioned & premiered, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt), Internationales Performance Festival (Performance Art Deport, Mainz, Germany), Camden People’s Theatre (London), Artisphere (Arlington, US)