Glenn Moore

Posted on 2 June 2019

Within his first 10 gigs, Glenn was a finalist in So You Think You’re Funny? and a runner-up in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards. Since then, he’s gone on to regularly perform across the UK, for the likes of Jongleurs, Off The Kerb and Komedia. At the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, he was part of the prestigious AAA Stand-Up Late showcase show. In 2018, he was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe. He has also appeared on BBC1’s Mock the Week.

Glenn is also one half of the critically-acclaimed sketch comedy duo Thunderbards, who had a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014, as well as a show at the Fringe the previous year voted one of GQ’s ‘Top Ten Funniest Shows at the Fringe’. In 2014, they were finalists in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition, performed on McAuley And Co on BBC Scotland, and had two jokes from their show Seconds included in the Daily Mirror’s and the Edinburgh Evening News’ top ten funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2013, they were runners-up in the inaugural London Sketchfest, which saw their inclusion in the Independent’s ‘Best Comedy of the Year’ alongside Louis CK and Bo Burnham.

As a writer, Glenn is known for his silly one-liners on Twitter, and has also written for BBC Radio shows including The Now Show and News Jack.

Outside of comedy, Glenn is a newsreader for radio stations across the country, including Capital FM, Classic FM, XFM, Heart, Smooth, Sky News Radio and LBC. He also regularly appears on London Live’s Evening News and the Evening Show.

“Glenn Moore is tipped for great things” GQ Magazine

 “Fantastic – brilliantly performed and hysterically written” The List

“Glenn Moore was the star of the show, he was a breath of fresh air and injected some much needed humour to the financial services sector!”
Comedy/Hosting, 70 pax, Finance

Glenn was great! We’ve had wonderful feedback and many saying they thought he was really funny.” Finance Event

Greg Davies

Posted on 1 June 2019

Greg Davies is one of the UKs favorite actors and stand-up comedians. His performances bring genuine star quality to any corporate event and he is highly experienced in both hosting corporate awards ceremonies and performing after-dinner cabaret slots.

Greg is the writer and star of the hit Channel 4 sitcom Man Down: “scales new heights of brilliance” (The Times), which returned for a fourth series in 2017. After playing infamously psychotic Head of Sixth Form ‘Mr Gilbert’ in The Inbetweeners (Channel 4) and its two spin-off feature films, Greg starred in three series of BBC Three’s Cuckoo alongside Andy Samberg and Taylor Lautner, which earned him a BAFTA nomination for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme- series four will air later this year.  Greg is the host of Dave’s hit comedy show Taskmaster, which was first broadcast in 2015 and returns for its sixth series in 2018. Taskmaster was nominated for Best Comedy Entertainment at the 2017 and 2018 BAFTAs, for the International Emmy Awards Non-Scripted Entertainment 2017, Royal Television Society Awards Best Entertainment Programme in 2017 and for the Broadcast Awards Best Entertainment Show in 2016, which it went on to win in 2018.

As a stand-up, Greg’s debut solo show Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog was nominated for the prestigious Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2010, and went on to have a three-time extended sell-out national tour. In 2013 Greg returned with another sell-out tour with The Back of My Mum’s Head. The DVDs for both shows became Top 10 bestsellers. Greg’s 2017 tour, You Magnificent Beast sold out the Hammersmith Apollo and Cardiff Motorpoint Arena and was later released as a Netflix Special.

Greg’s numerous TV appearances include hosting Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two) and Live At The Apollo (BBC One). He has also made guest appearances on Big Fat Quiz of the Year (Channel 4), Travel Man(Channel 4), The Royal Variety ShowRoom 101 (BBC One), Mock The Week (BBC Two), and 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4). He guest appeared and was team captain on BBC One’s Would I Lie To You. Greg was also team captain on two series of Ask Rhod Gilbert (BBC One) with whom he also appeared on BBC Two’s Dangerous RoadsGreg appeared as King Hydroflax in the Dr. Who Christmas special in 2015.  In 2018, he hosted the prestigious Royal Variety Performance.

Greg was previously one third of the sketch trio We Are Klang, which performed four sell-out Edinburgh Festival shows and was nominated in 2006 for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. With We Are Klang, Greg wrote and starred in the group’s own sitcom series and a one-off comedy entertainment special for BBC Three.

Iain Stirling

Posted on 30 May 2019

BAFTA-winning comedian Iain Stirling is best known as the brilliantly funny voice of the hit reality show Love Island (ITV2), which is now in its fourth series. Following his success on Love Island, he took on the role of host for ITV2’s new physical comedy entertainment show, CelebAbility (now in its second series) adding to an extensive list of television credits including, The Jonathan Ross Show, Saturday Kitchen (BBC One), Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, The Chris Ramsey Show, Drunk History (Comedy Central), The Big Narstie Show (Channel 4), Unpsun with Matt Forde (DAVE) plus an array of panel shows, such as Celebrity Juice, Safe Word (ITV2) and Virtually Famous (E4).

Iain burst onto the comedy scene whilst studying for a Law degree at Edinburgh University, reaching the finals of both the Paramount Funniest Student competition (2009), and the Chortle Student Comedian of the Year competition (2009) and has since performed six consecutive sold-out and critically-acclaimed shows, Happy To Be The Clown? (2012), Iain Stirling At Home (2013), Everything (2014), Touchy Feely (2015), Onwards! (2016), and U OK Hun? (2017) at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

A driving force behind the concept of comedy panel show The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC), Iain has co-written and hosted five series which saw him win 2018’s RTS Scotland’s On Screen Personality and 2017’s Children’s BAFTA Best Presenter Award (2017).

Iain has written for, developed and presented a number of other CBBC projects, including: Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic, 12 Again and All Over the Place. His love of football has led him to commentate for CBBC’s Red Button Coverage of the World Cup and he has also appeared on CBBC’s Match of the Day Kickabout, Hawksbee and Jacobs (talkSPORT) and Football Tonight (BT Sport) alongside Rio Ferdinand.

In May 2018 Iain announced the release of his first book Not Ready to Adult Yet which was published through HarperCollins on the 23rd August, along with a companion podcast of the same name. Not Ready to Adult Yet is packed full of hilarious life lessons from the voice of a generation and is Iain’s ill-informed guide to what life is really like for millennials, and how they can navigate it better

“I wanted to text to thank you and Iain. Friday was a huge success, I have received fabulous feedback about the whole show”Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards, 2000 pax

“We absolutely LOVED having Iain and have been giggling ever since!  Iain was fab… please pass on our warmest thanks.” First Light Awards

“The event was a huge success and Iain was great – so easy to get on with and hugely popular with the crowd. Hope to work with you again very soon. Thanks for all your help with setting up the event!” Tate Movie Project

 

James Nesbitt

Posted on 25 May 2019

Star of the hit TV show Lucky Man, and most recently back on our screens in the hugely popular Cold Feet, James Nesbitt is one of the most recognisable, talented and accomplished actors today. An extremely experience awards host, James has hosted the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) for the past six years, hosted the Travel Trade Gazette AwardsThe Empire Awards, GQ Awards and the Campaign Media Awards and the Music Week Awards. He is also an accomplished and entertaining after dinner speaker.

Starting his career on stage, James has appeared in numerous plays including Paddywack, TranslationsAs You Like ItPhiladelphia Here I Come, and Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay and most recently Shoot The Crow in the West End.

His first major TV roles included Ballykissangel and Playing The Field but it was the BAFTA award winning Cold Feet that brought him to the attention of a wider audience.

Since then, TV roles have included Monroe and Murphy’s Law, Jekyll, The Passion, The Deep and Babylon.

He has starred in multiple critically acclaimed film roles, including Bloody Sunday, Danny Boyle’s movie Millions, BAFTA award-winning Occupation for BBC One. He has also starred in Coriolanus, alongside Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler. He can currently be seen as Bofur in The Hobbit trilogy.

“I think our CEO is a bit in love with him.” The Personal Finance Society

“He had such live stage presence, from the moment he was introduced the entire audience were in his hands. His introduction speech was pitched exactly at the right level for the guests and their applause to his comments was music to our ears. He might not be a comedian but his sheer confidence and natural niceness shone through” Capitol House Productions

“James was perfect yesterday. Great speech, managing to mention the key sponsor several times as well as drawing lots of laughs and taking many questions from the audience. Please pass on my sincere thanks.” British Soft Drinks Association

“Rarely do we work with celebrities who put so much effort, thought and care into hosting our awards- his opening 5 minutes were witty, industry relevant and at times self deprecating and the whole show ran seamlessly and at a great pace.” Travel Tourism Gazette

“James was a fabulous surprise. He held his audience and tailored his speech to include aspects of our company business. The standing ovation he received at the end of his speech said it all.” Allan Chapman & James Ltd

 

Jarlath Regan

Posted on 24 May 2019

Award winning comedian, writer and broadcaster, Jarlath Regan has gained a reputation with the industry and audiences for his uplifting, inventive and relentlessly funny stand-up. He’s a versatile performer for both after-dinner comedy cabaret sets and for hosting corporate awards ceremonies. His relatable material and friendly style is guaranteed to win over corporate audiences of all kinds, and his experience means your event is in entirely safe hands.

His performances have made him a firm favourite in all the top clubs on the UK comedy circuit and his award winning An Irishman Abroad podcast, where he interviews some of Ireland’s most famous exports, has won him universal acclaim and a global audience.

Since 2007 Jarlath has brought eight solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. Between enjoying sell-out runs and earning rave reviews, it’s easy to see why he has become a darling of the festival circuit. Jarlath’s numerous international comedy festival performances include appearances at The Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, The New Zealand Comedy Festival and the Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane festivals as a part of the Best of The Edinburgh Fest Showcase tours.

In 2013 Jarlath created his An Irishman Abroad podcast. The show features in-depth interviews with Irish stars such as Graham Linehan, Dara O’Briain, Chris O’Dowd and musician Lisa Hannigan about their experiences abroad. In just a few episodes it shot straight to number one in the iTunes charts, won glowing reviews from the press including The Guardian. The Daily Telegraph went as far as to say that it “could turn out to be one of the biggest podcasts since Ricky Gervais picked up a microphone.” The Irishman Abroad podcast was named to the much coveted iTunes Best of 2013 list as the best new audio podcast of the year.

A finalist in both the BBC and Channel 4 New Comedy Awards, Jarlath’s first published book How To Break Bad News (Transworld for Random House) was an instant best-seller. Comprising a collection of his beautifully illustrated while hilariously dark greeting cards, the book gained many celebrity fans including Ardal O’Hanlon who called it “Original, funny and deliciously wrong!” Jarlath’s second book Putting A Ring On It – What Not To Do When Attempting To Get Married, was released in April 2011, featured more than 200 brand new illustrations and became a cult hit.

In 2007 Jarlath made a three-part documentary about the Edinburgh Fringe for TV3. While following his progress in writing his first solo show, the documentary also saw Jarlath interview some of the world’s biggest comedians and pose as his own agent while blagging his way behind some of the festival’s velvet ropes.

Jarlath’s other credits include Tonight at the Palladium (ITV), Stand up Central (Comedy Central)   Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) Comedy Central’s The World Stands UpLast Comic Standing on NBCLive at The Stand Comedy Club (BBC Radio Scotland), The Blame Game (BBC Radio Ulster) and The Apprentice You’re Fired (TV3).

 “GREAT feedback from both clients for both the Supplier Awards and Franchisee Awards – they loved Jarlath and so did we! Just what we were looking for and overall a really lovely guy! Please pass on my thanks to him and we would definitely work with him again.” LeasePlan Supplier Awards and Franchisee Awards 

“Jarlath pitched his performance just right and took careful note of the composition of the audience.” Sterling Supergroup Annual Dinner

 “Jarlath did not disappoint, his wit and sensibility had the audience in howls of laughter. Jarlath had a great rapport with the audience and certainly helped make the awards night a success!”  Con Kennedy Visual Communications

 

Jenny Eclair

Posted on 21 May 2019

Jenny Eclair, has been a stand-up comic for donkeys’ years, she was the first woman to win the coveted Perrier Award at the Edinburgh festival in 1995 and hasn’t stopped banging on about it ever since. She still gigs regularly and has just finished a 50 date sell-out tour around the UK with her new show How To be A Middle Aged Woman (Without Going Insane). When it comes to corporate events, Jenny is experienced at both hosting awards ceremonies and performing after-dinner stand-up. She is particularly enjoys performing to audiences at women’s events and ladies luncheons, as well as events for the healthcare and teaching sectors.

2017 saw the release of Jenny’s fifth novel, Listening In: Stories, to rave reviews.

Her other novels, Moving, Camberwell Beauty, Having a Lovely Time, Life Death and Vanilla Slices have been translated into nine languages, including German, Russian, French, Italian and Turkish.

Some of you might recognize her from TV, although she is smaller and plainer real life.

Small screen highlights include all the Grumpy Old Women series, Loose Women (sacked in 2012), plus of course reality TV shows such as Splash and I’m a Celebrity when in 2010, she came third and has since developed a taste for kangaroo anus.

Other TV credits include Storage Hunters UK Celebrity SpecialAlan Davies As Yet Untitled, QI, Battlechefs (UKTV), Fifteen to One, Celebrity Masterchef (BBC), surprising even herself with her ability to make a cracking chicken schnitzel in 15 minutes! It was Alright In the 80’s (Channel 4), Countdown (Channel 4), The Chase: Celebrity Special (ITV), That Sunday Night Show (ITV), Antiques Road Trip: Children in Need Special (BBC Two), The Apprentice: You’re Fired! (BBC Two), Celebrity Weakest Link (BBC Two), Celebrity Fame Academy (BBC One), The Joan Rivers Position and Room 101 (BBC Two).

Her first foray into TV was a show called Packet of Three with Frank Skinner, which was universally panned.

Weirdly enough Eclair was actually trained as a straight actress and has done ‘acting’ on Holby City, The Bill and Skins. In early 2009 she cropped up playing women of forty plus, in Al Murray’s Multiple Personality Disorder (ITV1).

West End theatre credits include Steaming, Mum’s the Word and The Vagina Monologues. Jenny has appeared in the title role of The Killing of Sister George for the Derby Playhouse, unfortunately she spent the entire time she was on stage looking like a fat Margaret Thatcher. She has also done panto a couple of times (Oh yes she has)

However her biggest theatrical hit to date has been co-writing (with Judith Holder) and starring in all three Grumpy Old Women Live shows, both in the UK and Australia. Thanks to this show she has left phone chargers in dressing rooms around the globe.

Eclair is a writer as much as a performer (sometimes it’s nice to just sit down). She is a regular contributor to various newspapers and magazines and has written lots of radio comedy (mostly with Julie Balloo), including the much repeated On Baby Street. She is currently in the process of writing a third series of Little Lifetimes for BBC Radio 4.

In her spare time Jenny is a gym dodger, novice knitter and very bad painter she lives in South London with St Geof of Camberwell and together they have a daughter who writes and works in theatre.

“Jenny was absolutely fantastic! She got the tone and tempo spot on and was a wonderful host.”  UK Sexual Health Awards

John Hannah

Posted on 19 May 2019

BAFTA nominee John Hannah came to prominence in Richard Curtis’ Four Weddings and a Funeral. He since starred with Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors and in all three of The Mummy films. Television roles include: Dr Iain McCallum in McAllum; DI John Rebus in Rebus; Jack Osbourne in Cold Blood and Quintus Lentulus Batiatus in the popular Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. He also starred in the US series MDs, as well as making guest appearances in Alias, Carnivaleand Frasier and guest starring in the final season of the hit American legal thrillerDamages. Most recently John starred as DI Jack Cloth in Charlie Brooker’s crime comedy spoof A Touch of Cloth and in Carnaby International’s BAFTA winning film The Wee Man.

John Michie

Posted on 18 May 2019

John Michie, a regular on both stage and screen, is known for his roles as DI Robbie Ross in the ITV detective drama series Taggart, and as Karl Munro in Coronation Street from 2011 to 2013 as well as his role as Guy Self in Holby City.

As an actor, John’s television credits also include Wire In The Blood, Randall & Hopkirk, Dalziel & Pascoe, Bare Necessities and Poirot.  John’s film work includes Puckoon, To Walk With Lions, Truth or Dare and Daphne & Apollo.  John has fronted three series for STV – Made In Scotland, Murder Capital and Secrets of the Highlands.

John is a patron of Islington Youth Theatre and has co-directed all of their productions with Mary Huane. He has also directed a short film called ‘The Swimming Pool’ which was sold to Hypnotic Short Film Distributors in New York.

Jon Culshaw

Posted on 17 May 2019

Jon Culshaw is warmly regarded by many as Britain’s best impressionist with a catalogue of over 350 voices and impersonations including Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Professor Brian Cox, Barack Obama, Alan Carr, John Bishop and Michael McIntyre. His corporate entertainment track record is unmatched both in terms of number of shows performed and the quality of the feedback from clients. Jon is the master of entertaining any kind of corporate audience, whether as an awards host, an after-dinner comedian or hosting Press Events and product launches. He thrives in any events setting, having performed to 20 people in a dining room to 1500 in a conference hall. He’s the perfect choice for private parties and always makes time to research the host’s favourite voices and to socialise afterwards. In addition to his incredibly versatile range of impressions, Jon is especially intrigued by space and is extremely knowledgeable about the stars and astronomy.

Jon first made international headlines in 1998 by calling the switchboard of No. 10 Downing Street and fooling the operators with his impression of William Hague. He was put directly through to Prime Minister Tony Blair. The incident was mentioned at Prime Minister’s Question Time and reported in Hansard.

A busy year for Jon has seen the return of a brand new series of ITV’s impressionist show Newzoids as well as the hugely successful BBC Radio 4 comedy Dead Ringers, which is now onto its 17th series.

Other recent appearances include Frank Skinner on Demand With…  and Channel 5’s The Cars That Made Britain, where Jon spoke about his passion for old cars, such as the Ford Cortina, further showcased through his stint on Top Gear’s Extra Lap.

Further TV credits include Spitting ImageThe Impressionable Jon CulshawThe Nightly Show, Parkinson, The Royal Variety PerformanceFriday Night with Jonathan Ross2DTVHead Cases for ITV, and Jon Culshaw’s Commercial Breakdown (BBC1) and BBC1’s The Impressions Show alongside Debra Stephenson.  Jon is also a regular guest on current affairs programmes including The Now Show and Secret World (BBC Radio 4).

The man of many voices recently presented on Channel 5’s The Secrets of the National Trust and More 4’s Walks with Dog, both of which see him exploring aspects of British heritage and countryside, finding out fascinating facts and meeting interesting people.

A lifelong astronomy enthusiast, Jon was a part of the team on the world’s longest-running programme, The Sky at Night, first appearing with Sir Patrick Moore on the show’s 50th anniversary. As a self-confessed fan of Doctor Who, Jon is responsible for voicing many of the audiobooks, with frighteningly accurate Tom Bakers and Jon Pertwees.

In addition to many public appearances, Jon is also a regular guest on current affairs programmes, providing comic relief with impromptu impersonations of politicians and commentators. He can regularly be heard on radio shows including The Now Show and Secret World.

Jon is due to embark on an autumnal UK tour Great British Take Off  with Dead Ringersproducer, Bill Dare, which sees them perform an evening of unscripted, unrehearsed, spontaneous comedy and conversation as politicians, sports personalities and celebrities old and new are all up for a roasting!

 “Jon was great…delivered a brillliant performance – exactly what we wanted. A true talent and pro – very happy. He then stuck around with guests and was a real gent. We are delighted to have hired him and he will be a tough act to better next year!” Conference Dinner, 600 pax

“Jon was outstanding. It’s a tricky gig as the audience are there to party and drink …but Jon took control of the situation from the off. He jumped off the stage and onto the dance floor and really engaged the audience…it was a really great performance…thanks again – I would have no hesitation in recommending him and really look forward to working with him again.” Fundraising Dinner, 900 pax

“A huge thank you from all of us to please pass on to Jon for being such an amazing host. He really did make the night and had the room in absolute stitches! He was also a joy to work with and made our youth patrons speakers feel incredibly at ease.” Ambitious About Autism Fundraiser, 450 pax

“I don’t wish to be too sycophantic but every one who met you personally said that you were a true gentleman and modest good fellow to boot, and that’s on top of the fantastic performance. Some even suggested that the names shouted out were plants, now that’s how good you are!” Denmaur Revive Recycled Paper Gala Launch 

“Jon Culshaw was the perfect entertainment host, with impressions and humour ideal for the average age of Picon’s membership. Furthermore he was very engaging with all contacts at the meal table and comfortably posed with many members who requested selfies.” Picon Annual Dinner

“I just wanted to drop you a note to pass on our sincere thanks to Jon for the amazing job he did on Friday out our awards lunch. From the moment he arrived until his pleasantly late departure he charmed and amused everyone he met. We couldn’t have hoped for a more wonderful and talented host.” Kimberly Clark Professional Golden Service Awards

 

Jonny Pelham

Posted on 15 May 2019