Upcoming Events
8th-11th, Feb, 2022
Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
19th, Feb, 2022
Brighton, England
21st, Mar, 2022
Saga, Japan
SHOWS
Street show
The all ages non-verbal comedy show from one of the current masters of silent comedy. It’s an ingenious mix of mime and magic, clowning and juggling with hilarious audience involvement. 10-40minutes.
Ketch Sketch
Ketch Sketch is the new all ages non-verbal theatre show. It’s an ingenious mix of mime and magic, clowning and juggling with hilarious audience involvement. Ketch even plays the ukulele and puppetry. 60-90 minutes.
OTHERS
Workshops
Physical comedy workshop for biggers to professionals. You can learn mime, clowning, easy magic and how to express a story without a word.
Directing
Direct physical theatre, physical comedy, mime, clowning, circus and so on.
BIOGRAPHY
Early years
1990-1992
While Ketch is the university student, learn mime at Tokyo mime institute.
1993-1999
Perform on the streets in Tokyo and at several mime festivals in Japan and Korea.
Solo theatre shows and group theatre mime shows in Tokyo.
1999
Perform in festivals in Czech Republic and Germany.
Gamarjobat years
1999-2019
1999, Ketch starts performing as one half of comedy duo Gamarjobat, reknown for their award-winning physical comedy spanning two decades. Gamarjobat have performed on the street, theatre, TV, internet TV and festivals in 35 countries, from China to Broad way in NY.
- “Irresistibly, endearingly funny and undoubtedly the most skilled and clever comedy in Edinburgh.” The Scotsman
- “A physical comedy master-class, this double act have made vaudevillian silent comedy their own.” The Guardian
Today
2019
Leave Gamarjobat and start performing as a solo performer, doing physical comedy workshop and working as a director for physical comedy.
Learn improvisation with Keith Johnstone and clowning with Philippe Gaulier.
Teach mime for an improvisation theatre group in Milan.
2020
Physical comedy direction for the Puppetry Clown company ‘Bunk Puppets’ in Melbourne.
Physical comedy workshops, TV shows in Nagasaki.
Be appointed to an ambassador of Unzen-city in Nagasaki.
2021
Physical comedy workshops in Fukuoka.
Help directing a Japanese new circus “Senko hanabi” and its spin-off.
Create and perform new non-verbal comedy theatre show “Ketch Sketch”.
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Upcoming Events
8th-11th, Feb, 2022
Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
19th, Feb, 2022
Brighton, England
21st, Mar, 2022
Saga, Japan
SHOWS
Street show
The all ages non-verbal comedy show from one of the current masters of silent comedy. It’s an ingenious mix of mime and magic, clowning and juggling with hilarious audience involvement. 10-40minutes.
Ketch Sketch
Ketch Sketch is the new all ages non-verbal theatre show. It’s an ingenious mix of mime and magic, clowning and juggling with hilarious audience involvement. Ketch even plays the ukulele and puppetry. 60-90 minutes.
OTHERS
Workshops
Physical comedy workshop for biggers to professionals. You can learn mime, clowning, easy magic and how to express a story without a word.
Directing
Direct physical theatre, physical comedy, mime, clowning, circus and so on.
BIOGRAPHY
Early years
1990-1992
While Ketch is the university student, learn mime at Tokyo mime institute.
1993-1999
Perform on the streets in Tokyo and at several mime festivals in Japan and Korea.
Solo theatre shows and group theatre mime shows in Tokyo.
1999
Perform in festivals in Czech Republic and Germany.
Gamarjobat years
1999-2019
1999, Ketch starts performing as one half of comedy duo Gamarjobat, reknown for their award-winning physical comedy spanning two decades. Gamarjobat have performed on the street, theatre, TV, internet TV and festivals in 35 countries, from China to Broad way in NY.
- “Irresistibly, endearingly funny and undoubtedly the most skilled and clever comedy in Edinburgh.” The Scotsman
- “A physical comedy master-class, this double act have made vaudevillian silent comedy their own.” The Guardian
Today
2019
Leave Gamarjobat and start performing as a solo performer, doing physical comedy workshop and working as a director for physical comedy.
Learn improvisation with Keith Johnstone and clowning with Philippe Gaulier.
Teach mime for an improvisation theatre group in Milan.
2020
Physical comedy direction for the Puppetry Clown company ‘Bunk Puppets’ in Melbourne.
Physical comedy workshops, TV shows in Nagasaki.
Be appointed to an ambassador of Unzen-city in Nagasaki.
2021
Physical comedy workshops in Fukuoka.
Help directing a Japanese new circus “Senko hanabi” and its spin-off.
Create and perform new non-verbal comedy theatre show “Ketch Sketch”.
