Played 3rd - 22nd May, 2011 at PJ Live Arts
Performed by The List Operators Produced by Chae Lian & Richard Harding Gardner
Gardner & Wife's first show to blatantly advertise itself as “guaranteed non-educational” was a tremendous hit with both parents and teachers. Coming fresh from sell-out shows and awards at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival, the Australian duo wowed Malaysian audiences with their "raw, raucous and ridiculously cool show for cool kids”! MORE FUN THAN A WII was exactly that! They'll be back (in May 2012)
Fresh from sell-out shows at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival, the award-winning List Operators are heading to Kuala Lumpur, fart machine in tow, with their raw, raucous and ridiculously cool show for cool kids – MORE FUN THAN A WII.
This show is:
This show is not:
1. Cheeky
1. Lame
2. Gross
2. A show about Fairies, Pirates & Princesses
3. Funny
3. Sensible
3a. Funny looking
4. High in fibre
4. Silly
5. Educational (100% Guaranteed)
5. Spelllllchecked
6. Spelllllchecked
6. Better than Ben 10, it's like Ben 11
7. Downtownwrongtown
8. Awesome!
AWARDS
2010 Barry Nominee (Best Show) Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2009 Golden Gibbo Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2008 Melbourne Fringe Best Emerging Producers
The List Operators are Australians Matt Kelly (pictured RIGHT) & Richard Higgins (pictured LEFT) who are veterans of children's theatre. They cut their performance teeth at the legendary RMIT Union Arts in such shows as The Day My Bum Went Psycho, Andy Griffiths' Just Disgusting, and Roald Dahl's The Twits.
Individually, Matt and Richard have performed for kids all over Australia including Perth (Circus Soup), Adelaide (Kids Comedy Gala at Spiegeltent), Canberra (Questacon) and all over regional Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and ACT (Jigsaw Theatre Company and The Great Big Storybook).
When he is not a List Operator, Richard is a Clown Doctor at Melbourne's Royal Children’s Hospital.
07/04/2011 Herald Sun by Elouise Winslow THE LIST OPERATORS FOR KIDS DO COMPOOTERS: WIG-I-PEDIA!
The show was interactive, dynamic and thoroughly entertaining and included a great deal of audience involvement
for the youngsters and their olds. Working with kids doesn't always make for a smooth and easy show, but the boys maintained their relaxed composure...+ more
13/01/2011 Courier Mail by Alexander Fynes-Clinton THE HIT LIST
This madcap comic duo vvill go to any lengths to create a chaotic show the whole family can watch."For us, our show is (so
successful) because it's a family experience," Kelly says. "It's not just the kids who laugh at our shows. The objective is to get the whole family to laugh together. That's the most satisfying thing for us." + more
21/08/2010 Fringe Guru by Craig Thomson THE LIST OPERATORS FOR KIDS
Their trademark silliness, love of wordplay and physical comedy, really shine through in this raucous show for kids... Operators Matt and Richard's exaggerated style and appearance is instantly appealing to young tearaways, and the performers make it clear whose side they're on in the case of parents vs. children... + more
08/04/2010 Chortle by Steve Bennett LIST OPERATORS FOR KIDS: MORE FUN THAN A WII
The List Operators clearly have an innate understanding of what kids love - but it would almost be a waste for this gloriously anarchic show to be seen only by children. Farts, gunk, comedy sound effects and boisterous play fights are par for the course, but including exaggerated 'yawn offs' or examples of irritating behaviour shows a deeper understanding of what makes their young charges tick. + more
30/09/2009 Melbourne Fringe by Anne-Marie Peard THE LIST OPERATORS FOR KIDS
Anyone who has spent more than three seconds with anyone who still calls animation 'cartoons' and prefers wascally wabbits to anime porn, knows that there are only four very funny things: farts, poo, rude words and men pretending to be old ladies. + more
07/04/2011 Herald Sun by Elouise Winslow
13/01/2011 Courier Mail by Alexander Fynes-Clinton
21/08/2010 Fringe Guru by Craig Thomson
08/04/2010 Chortle by Steve Bennett
30/09/2009 Melbourne Fringe by Anne-Marie Peard