May 21, 2013
“... I like large corporate events. They’re so intimate. At small corporate events there isn’t any privacy... Also I like when there’s lots of entertainment... Preferably booked through someone like Sternberg Clarke” So said Jordan Baker in F. Scott FitzGerald’s novella The Great Gatsby... sort of. With Baz Luhrmann’s lavish screen adaptation hitting screens this month, plenty of events planners are looking to channel their inner Gatsby and put on the kind of party that’s worth driving recklessly across town for and a big part of getting the theme right is the entertainment. Thankfully, we’re no… Read More
April 10, 2013
Wonderful as the world of events is, it’s not always fun to be faced with a room full of people you either don’t know that well or don’t know at all. In these situations, a good event planner is always able to create a reason for people to start talking and entertainment can be a great way of facilitating that. The right act, deployed at the right time can make all the difference at a corporate event. But how? How? How do you do it? It’s at times like these you wish you could pop on… Read More
March 26, 2013
We talk a great deal about the best ways to entertain guests at corporate events, sometimes that’s with background or ambient acts, sometimes that’s with music for dancing or stage shows. But when you really want to get the attention of your guests, the best way to grab them is to surprise them with something they hopefully haven’t seen at an event before or at least, aren’t expecting. Sounds easy enough, but the art of surprising an audience isn’t an easy one to master, and compared to background acts, surprise performances can be some of the… Read More
February 11, 2013
With The Next Big Thing in full swing after last week’s thrilling first heat, we thought it might be a good time to talk about talent shows in general, more specifically – the acts that have come out of them. Whatever your thoughts on TV talent competitions, they’ve arguably produced some of the best corporate event acts of the last few years and we regularly book acts that have graduated from shows such as Britain’s got Talent, X-Factor and more. Here are 5 great acts who’ve gone on to make it big in the events… Read More
February 05, 2013
With the world’s most famous super spy celebrating his 50th birthday last year, there’s never been a better time to be a globetrotting secret agent. We’ve had plenty of requests for James Bond lookalikes and Bondgirls at parties – but for a recent corporate event at Milbank Tower’s Skyloft, we provided a distinctly sneakier brand of spy themed entertainment for guests attending a product launch. Taking inspiration from the Cold War era spy fiction of John le Carré, Graham Greene and Len Deighton, our team of trench coated spies were on hand to usher guests onto a vintage London bus for their journey… Read More
January 30, 2013
The search for the best new corporate event act in the UK kicked off in earnest at Cafe de Paris last night as a selection of fantastic performers went head to head in the first round of the Next Big Thing. The acts needed the approval of both the judging panel – consisting of Haymarket Events' Jo Pilston, Cafe de Paris Sales Director Andrew Birnie and the positively villainous Adam Sternberg – and the audience who were each given an electronic voting device to allow them to have their say. And-hey! Is that Rob Whitworth? Yes it is. But doesn’t he work for Sternberg-let me interrupt you there.… Read More
January 24, 2013
By Tuesday Night we’ll be one step closer to knowing who The Next Big Thing in corporate event entertainment is, thanks to the first round of heats taking place at Cafe De Paris. But it’s not going to be easy to pick a winner from this year’s contenders in what is surely the strongest first round heat we’ve ever had in the competition. Vocal harmony group The Penny Arcade Quartet, Alex The Mind Reader, Mad Scientist Magician Oliver Meech, Piano and Cello duo Y-Squared, comedy caberet singer Katie Clarke, energetic folk upstarts The Salts and… Read More
January 10, 2013
With 2013 unfurled before us like a 12 month long, thick-piled carpet of possibility, it seems like a good time to look forward as well as back at the entertainment options available over the course of the year. With so many key dates on the horizon, there are plenty of opportunities to employ themes and motifs into corporate event entertainment. To make sure you’re prepped for the year ahead in entertainment themes, we’ve picked out a few key dates for entertainment and pointed to some relevant blog posts to give some more ideas. Read on… Read More
December 18, 2012
In what could prove to be one of the last Recent Event posts of 2012, we check in on an eclectic mix of Christmas entertainment performing at one of London’s most recognisable venues – Shakespeare’s Globe. This recent event gave guests a frosty reception with a mix of dance, circus and costumed actors on hand to transform the Underglobe into a genuine Winter Wonderland. Welcoming guests into the venue were our pair of intrepid, frost bitten explorers who braved the icy winds whipping along the banks of the Thames to point guests inside. Wearing full… Read More
October 17, 2012
We recently announced our Magic Showcase to cap off Magic Month on the 30th of October, perhaps you saw? Perhaps you didn’t. Point is you’re here now and we’re talking about it and that’s all the matters. So while you’re here we thought we’d share a little more information about the acts that will be performing at the Canal Cafe Theatre on the 30th of October. If you haven't already RSVP'd to book your place, you can do it here. So without further ado (because I know how you feel about all that ‘ado’) … Read More
