In 2004, Keti Irubetagoyena joined the École normale supérieure of Lyon where she completed a double curriculum of theoretical and practical researches in theatre studies. She devoted her PHD to the art of acting, especially to an analysis of the stage presence, subjects that are now at the heart of her artistic career.
Since 2010, her work has been developed in the form of cycles, carried out in close collaboration with artists from various specialties (authors, photographers, musicians, chefs, etc.). Each cycle explores a social issue over a long period of time, through plays but also research projects and mediation experiences (for example, the "Eating" cycle, since 2019).
Keti Irubetagoyena combines her artistic and scientific work with a pedagogical activity, currently teaching at the CNSAD-PSL and at the ESTU. For several years, she has also been involved in and initiated research projects on acting and/or stage presence. In 2021, her laboratory "Scenic Uses of Food" was one of the winners of the call for projects "research in theater and associated arts" of the Ministry of Culture.
Since 2019, she is the head of research at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique - Paris and a member of the SACRe laboratory of PSL University. She is also theater referent of La Métive - Moutier d'Ahun since September 2022.
In September and December 2023 she is staying at the Maison Française in Oxford to work with Kelly Paulme on an interdisciplinary project that combines a reflection on convivial & theatrical spaces.