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Sol Bernstein

When a legend reaches a certain point in their career, it’s time to ease up on doing legendary things and reflect on an exemplary life. Sol Bernstein has reached that point, and he invites us to listen to his tales of the high life with the biggest names in showbiz, musings on how the world has changed, and being just an ordinary Jew with world-beating wit, unbounded talent and death-defying chutzpah.

But despite such a life, Sol has suffered an unforgiveable injustice. Heard of Elvis Presley? No? How about The Beatles? Really? Ok then, surely Marcel Marceau? Good. Well Sol Bernstein launched the careers of these greats and many more, and what did he get for it? Nada. Nothing, not even a ‘thank you’. But having escaped the Pogroms in Russia and the Nazis in Germany as a child, Bernstein is no stranger to pain, and hardships – in all their forms – have made the man what he is. Such struggles – be they life-threatening or merely female nagging – give Sol Bernstein not only the inspiration to face each new day but the material for his limitless supply of comedy shtick. The resulting performances – not to mention charisma alone – have given the man good reason to enjoy fame and build friendships with, among so many, the likes of Burt Bacharach, James Brown and Harry Hill.

He’s got so much to say and – being now in his 80s – so little time to say it. Catch this legend and genius while you still have the chance.

Singer, dancer, comedian, magician, actor and musician Sol Bernstein was born in Ukraine. Having been rated Best Triangle Player by Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington in the 1950s, he went on to perform across the globe at venues such as The London Palladium, New York’s Carnegie Hall, The Paris Olympia and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Besides his work with Elvis, The Beatles and Judy Garland, he’s also been friends and worked with greats such as The Rat Pack, Lenny Bruce, Jack Benny, George Burns and Milton Berle. He also played for Miles Davis. Now in his 80s, he still performs at all the top UK clubs.

Jan Ravens

With her unique mix of hilarious mimicry and sharp satire, Jan Ravens is one of the UK’s most successful impressionists. She is a long running star of BBC’s Dead Ringers and was recently a panellist on ITV’s The Imitation Game, appearing on the 2018 Royal Variety Show.

Her Theresa May impression has achieved cult status, going viral on social media and with over 1 million views on YouTube.

She is a regular contributor across BBC Radio 4, on programmes such as Just A Minute and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, and also current affairs programmes such as Broadcasting House, The Week in Westminster and Today. Jan has acted in countless R4 dramas and comedies, most recently The Charles Paris Mysteries and Alexei Sayle’s The Absence of Normal.

Alongside her work on screen and radio, she achieved rave reviews and broke box office records with her solo show Difficult Woman. She has just completed a sellout tour with Rory Bremner.

Debra Stephenson

Debra Stephenson, actress and impressionist. Best known for her roles in Bad Girls, Coronation Street, The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson and ITV’s Newzoids.

Debra’s biggest passion is, in fact, entertaining live audiences. She has in recent times entertained passengers aboard P&O cruise ships and regularly travels up and down the country and abroad to entertain at corporate dinners as well as hosting award ceremonies.

Darren Farley

Darren Farley is now firmly established as the NO.1 Football Impressionist in the UK. Labelled ‘The Voice of Football’, for his hilarious impressions of the biggest names in the game; Darren has amassed more than 100 million hits online and has gained a loyal following on his YouTube channel The Darren Farley Show and his other social media pages.

Drew Cameron

Drew Cameron can be best recognised as a participant in the Britain’s Got Talent shows. He is also the 13th most viewed comedian on YouTube, this will seem unsuprising once you’ve seen his clever and hilarious performance.
Drew’s impressions range from Ozzy Osbourne, to David Jason, to Chris Eubank and many many more. An extremely talented man, one not to be missed!

Rory Bremner

“Rory” Bremner, is a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political satire and impressions of British public figures. He is also known for his work on Mock the Week as a panellist, award-winning show Rory Bremner…Who Else? and sketch comedy series Bremner, Bird and Fortune, which featured veteran comedians John Bird and John Fortune.

Born in Edinburgh, Rory Bremner was educated at Wellington College and went on to attend King’s College, London, where he graduated with an honours degree in French, German… and imitating lecturers. While still at university, he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and began his career on the satirical radio shows News Revue (LBC) and Weekending (BBC Radio) before embarking on a seven-year spell at the BBC.

Since then, he’s appeared in countless comedy shows from Have I Got News For You to Whose Line is it Anyway? including: Comic Relief, They Think It’s All Over, It’ll Be Alright on the Night, Mock the Week and QI.

He has now written and starred in over one hundred programmes for Channel Four, starting with Rory Bremner, Who Else? and including the specials: From Blair to Here, Blair did it all go wrong?, My Government and I, Geoffrey Malet – A Hero of Our Time, Bremner, Bird and Fortune at Her Majesty’s Pleasure (to coincide with the Queen’s Jubilee) and Between Iraq and a Hard Place.

Elsewhere, he appeared regularly on Breakfast with Frost, and has written and performed the BBC radio series Some of Our Pilots Are Missing and writes articles and diaries for The New Statesman, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The London Evening Standard.

Aaron James

Aaron James is one of the top mainstream comedians in the UK today. He has many strings to his bow being an impressionist, host, auctioneer and presenter with an ability to work any type of event and make it fun-filled.

With almost 30 years in the business, Aaron keeps busy with golf days, sporting dinners, corporate events, awards ceremonies, sporting hospitality, voice overs and charity auctions.

Career highlights include:

Hosting three world title fights in Las Vegas, including Ricky Hatton v Floyd Mayweather at the Bellagio, sharing the stage with Lennox Lewis and Michael Buffer.
Providing pre-match entertainment at Manchester United, Chelsea, Leicester city and many more aswell as numerous champions league finals all over the world, and World Cup finals.
Entertaining at Twickenham for Six Nations and Autumn Internationals.
Golf days for Aston Martin, Porsche, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and many more.
Television appearances on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, C4 Big Breakfast, Only Fools & Horses and on radio shows on Radio 2, Talksport and 5 live.
Voice-overs for over 40 birthday cards, adverts, and corporate events.
Theatre tours with George Best, Jimmy Greaves, Eric Cantona and Joe Pasquale.
Auctioneer at the London Football Awards, The Bobby Moore Celebrity Sports Quiz and recently for the SAS!

Mike Maguire

Celebrity impressionist Mike Maguire has been taking the comedy circuit by storm. He has already appeared on national television with Des O’Connor. His impressionist act has been earning him rave reviews from his live audiences – a gig at the Palace Theatre in Manchester had the audience screaming for more.
Mike’s parents come from Ross-Grey in County Tipperary where he has a fan club in the famous White House Pub in the village. The pub has had visits from the likes of John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara and Robert De Niro.
His act consists of over 100 impressions, the likes of Sir Terry Wogan, Bob Geldof, Sir Trevor Brooking, Jim Bowen, Mick McCarthy, Sir Alex Ferguson, Frank Bruno, Alan Hansen are just a few of the impressions Mike does, many famous soap stars and other Sporting Personalities are also in his repertoire. People who have seen his act describe it as “funny non-stop”.
In January 2001, Mike hit the headlines throughout the world, when on his radio show he called the then England manager Sven Goran Eriksson and impersonated Kevin Keegan, a hilarious prank which brought considerable recognition of Mike and even Sven saw the funny side of it.
Mike is vastly experienced on the live comedy stage, firstly in the comedy clubs of his hometown Manchester and more recently on the After Dinner Circuit. He is as much at home in the Voice Over studio as he is appearing on television for Sky Sports, London Weekend, Granada, Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway.
He appeared at Blackpool North Pier with legendary acts such as Mick Miller, Johnny Casson and Dusty Young.
He’s such a versatile act, guaranteed to be a hit at almost any venue, from the Comedy Clubs in which he has headlined to the grafting social clubs, where the true comedian earns his reputation and finally on the after dinner circuit and in particular the sporting events where he has made a name for himself. Now in demand for corporate events following a very successful twelve months establishing him on the circuit.
Mike spent 12 years working on the radio, with Century FM, Key 103 and Galaxy 102 where he and his co-presenter Adam Cole won the highly prestigious Sony Award beating off Zoe Ball and Chris Evans.
An opportunity for an outstanding comedian who surely has a great future.

Mark Langley

Mark Langley is a new wave of comedian. His dry humour and uncanny impressions make for a real laugh out loud set. A multi- talented man, Mark can do an all comedy spot or (well-suited to Sportman’s Dinners etc) he has an array of characters of which he impersonates to a tee… His impressions range from, Wayne Rooney, to Gary Lineker, to Harry Redknapp, to the Coronation Street cast and many more.
During his time as a comic impressionist Mark, real name Mark McLaren, has been fortunate enough to work with John Bishop, Jason Manford and Steve Coogan on the comedy circuit. Whilst on the After Dinner Speakers circuit he has also been privileged to work with Howard Kendall, Ian St John, Joe Royal, John Aldridge, Neville Southall, Jan Molby, Ian Snodin and Alan Kennedy to name a few.

Mark has material to suit all occasions and is prepared to travel anywhere, he has already worked across Europe. Mark is a modern, new and exciting character on the circuit… The next big thing!

Danny Posthill

Danny Posthill has been making people laugh since the age of 16 after being talked into doing Impressions at his school talent show.
Since discovering his passion for comedy Danny has never looked back. His Versatile act caters for all walks of life with unbeatable stand up and a string of impressions such as Jimmy Carr, Billy Connolly, Lee Evans plus many more to guarantee a night of laughter you will never forget

Despite his young age he has performed all over the world, working around the Mediterranean and South America plus summer seasons for Qdos Productions, flybacks for Thomson Holidays and numerous cabaret dates for Haven, Warners, Pontins and many of the independent holiday venues. Danny is also making a big name for himself on the alternative Comedy Club Circuit.