Little Bozu & Kon Kon

Mayu Iwasaki is the daughter of a puppeteer, born in Tokyo and now based in Sydney, which she has called home for half her life. She is a bilingual actor and puppeteer, and the founder of award-nominated Omusubi Productions, named after the Japanese food symbolising connection. 

She trained in New York at the Atlantic Theatre Conservatory and with SITI Company, and made her Sydney Theatre Company debut in White Pearl. In 2020, Mayu became the inaugural Creative Associate at Monkey Baa Theatre Company—one of Australia’s longest-running companies for young audiences—where she developed and performed the original bilingual puppet show Little Bozu and Kon Kon, inspired by her Japanese roots. Screen and stage credits include NCIS: Sydney (Paramount+), Salt Along the Tongue (SXSW), Top Knot Detective (SBS), Goldfish (Terrapin/Aichi Arts Theatre), White Pearl (STC/NTofP), Dinosaur Zoo (Erth Visual & Physical Inc.), Fallen (Mozawa, Chicago), Love and Information (Atlantic Theatre Company, NYC), and Morgan O-Yuki (Shakespeare & Co., NYC).