Early Life
Adopted at the age of 6 months, Gardiner was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in rural Victoria. He was bullied at school for being homosexual and suffered from anorexia for two years until he came to terms with his sexuality at the age of 16.
At 12, he wrote and submitted his first musical and was the youngest ever applicant to attend The Workshop in Sydney.
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