Gardner & Wife's Past Productions

Gamarjobat - A Shut Up Comedy from Japan

THE BOXER
Played 3rd - 19th March, 2006; 30th January - 11th February, 2007
Performed by Ketch & Hiro-pon
Produced by Chae Lian & Richard Harding Gardner
Staged in The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre

Since their first visit to Kuala Lumpur, GAMARJOBAT became one of Gardner & Wife's most requested shows. Winning several new awards, including Best International Act 2006 at the Brighton Fringe Festival, GAMARJOBAT returned to Malaysia directly from another successful season at the World Buskers Festival in New Zealand. Ketch & Hiro-pon played to capacity audiences for their entire two-week run at The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre.

Gardner & Wife's first show from Asia, GAMARJOBAT, created tremendous word-of-mouth excitement, playing to frequent standing ovations for over two-and-a-half weeks at The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Centre and proving why this "shut up comedy" won top comedy awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival two years running – Best Dubble Act 2004 and the Tap Water Award 2005. Sponsors included Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur.

Hiropon has a yellow mohawk

'92 started learning mime at Fuchu Mime Theatre Pierrot Kan

'94-'95 Performed all over Japan as member of Mimewonderland
'94,'95,'96,'97,'98 solo stage performance
'95,'96,'97 Daidougei world cup in Shizouka
'98 Inchon International Clown Mime Festival (Korea)
'98 Youth culture and arts festival at Kyungsung Univ. (Korea)
'99 Polyphonic arts in Prague (Czech)
'99 Stralsunt International Mime Festival (Germany)

Ketch! is the one with a red mohawk

'90 started learning mime at Tokyo Mime Institute
'92 learnt juggling and clown skills in London
'93 started street performances in Tokyo
'95,'97,'98 solo stage performance
'98 Chunchon International Clown Mime Festival (Korea)
'98 Inchon Clown Mime Festival (Korea)
'99 Polyphonic arts in Prague (Czech)
'99 Stralsunt International Mime Festival (Germany)
'99 Daidougei world cup in Shizouka

12/03/2006 New Sunday Times by Aref Omar
SERIOUSLY FUNNY
...gut-busting performance... wowed the audience... make sure you treat yourself... + more

12/03/2006 The Malay Mail by Amir Hafizi
MASTERMIMES ATTACK!
…delight to watch... storytelling genius… the two brought the house down… one of the funniest shows to have hit Malaysia in the past few years + more

12/03/2006 The Star by Martin Vengadesan
RACY, PACY HUMOUR
…audience roaring with laughter… Malaysians are in for a real treat… very accessible… child-friendly… superbly paced… hilarious… Ketch demonstrates great skill not only as a humorist, but also as a professional performer… + more

09/03/2006 New Straits Times by Debra Chong
SPEECHLESS WITH LAUGHTER
…incredible! …blood-racingly gorgeous! ...madcap world of mime as never seen before… uproarious guffawing… palm-burning applauding… performance was flawless… brilliant entertainment + more