The List Operators for Kids

"Take every child you know. If you don't know any - kidnap some!" AussieTheatre.com

"”Funny as any comedy show you could hope to see" EdinburghFestMag

"it would almost be a waste for this gloriously anarchic show to be seen only by children!" Chortle

""This manic Australian double act know all the right buttons to push to make children shriek with laughter" Guardian (UK)

Matt Kelly and Richard Higgins 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, Just Disgusting (by Andy Griffiths), and The Twits (by Roald Dahl). Individually Matt and Rich have performed for kids all over Australia including Perth (Circus Soup), Adelaide (Kids Comedy Gala at Spiegeltent), Canberra (Questacon) and all over regional Victoria, NSW, QLD and ACT (Jigsaw Theatre Company and The Great Big Storybook).

Matt and Richard devised and first performed in The List Operators for Kids - More Fun Than a Wii in September 2009. In the past year it has received a prestigious Barry Nomination for Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, played to thousands of children in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney, and received multiple 5 star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2011 the company will tour their new show List Operators for Kids do Compooters throughout Australia, Malaysia, Middle East and the United Kingdom.

AWARDS

2010 Barry Nominee (Best Show) Melbourne International Comedy Festival

2009 Golden Gibbo Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival

2008 Melbourne Fringe Best Emerging Producers