Size Matters

Size Matters is a wildly inventive new show from Iriguchi. Blending puppetry, science, and surrealist theatre, Julia and Mamoru and their puppet doubles explore how time and perception shift with size. If your heart beats slower, does time pass differently? What happens when puppeteers grow, but their puppets stay the same? Playful, clever, and visually surprising, Size Matters is a joyful, mind-bending journey through time, perspective, and control.  

Review Extracts

The Scotsman (Joyce McMillan) ★★★★

"a hugely inventive puppet extravaganza"

"a fantastic50-minute explosion of thoughts and ideas"

"Iriguchi has assembled a remarkable team to create a wholly original, memorable and disturbing show, which also has a fine sense of its own absurdity."

"The puppets are sensational, alternative versions of Iriguchi and Darrouy that almost look more like them than they do themselves"

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The Herald (Neil Cooper) ★★★★

"Surreal search for meaning is somewhere between Monty Python and Pirandello"

"As things come full circle and the cycle begins again, what emerges is a close up snapshot of what it means to be human, whoever is pulling the strings."

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Creative Team 

Mamoru Iriguchi: Lead Artist and Performer
Fergus Dunnet: Co-director and Co-designer
Julia Darrouy: Collaborative Artist and Performer

Gavin Pringle: Performer

Suzi Cunningham: Movement Director
Greg Sinclair: Sound Designer

Andrew Gannon: Lighting Designer

Fiona Frazer: Production Manager

Faye Grant: Costume Supervisor

Molly Richardson: Costume Supervisor

Lucy May Wilson: Technical Stage Manager 

Karen Forbes: BSL consultant + interpreter

Kirin Saeed: Audio Description + Touch Tour consultant

Jean Sangster: Voice Coach 

Matthew Lenton (Vanishing Point): Dramaturgic & Directorial Support
Mareike Gaubitz (Fidena): Outside Eye
Christofer Schmidt(Fidena): Outside Eye

Mauritz Buchmann (Fidena): Outside Eye

Dawn Taylor (Manipulate Arts): Outside Eye
Eleanor Scott (Vanishing Point): Producer 

photos: Niall Walker (marketing image), Tiu Makkonen (production shots) | video: Daryl Cockburn

supported by Tramway, Dance Base, uCreate Edinburgh University, Single End Collective, Creative Scotland 

Past Presentations

Citizens Theatre, Glasgow (Vanishing Point Winter Residency), Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (Manipulate Festival)