- After Dinner Speakers
Topics:
- Humorist
Clive Panto
CLIVE PANTO read English and Law at Queens’ College, Cambridge and was called to the Middle Temple in 1977. On discovering that judges tended not to laugh at his best jokes and juries were not allowed to clap, he left the Bar and went to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he trained as an actor. His professional career spans over 20 years and embraces theatre, television, films and radio.
Comedy Murder Mystery Entertainment
In 1988 Clive set up the first UK company to research and write comedy murder mystery plays specifically for the corporate entertainment market. Today he is a leading player in the field with a range of other products including Pantomimes, Films, Court Room Dramas, Science Fiction evenings and Gameshows. Clive writes personalised comedy scripts using peoples’ nicknames, time-keeping habits, dress sense, expense account stories, in-jokes, gossip and scandal without offending or embarrassing the guests.
Building on an unrivalled experience in comedy presentations, Clive Panto is an after-dinner speaker with a difference:
Clive will infiltrate your guests during pre-dinner drinks posing as somebody from a regulatory body to do with your industry, a government ministry or relevant consultancy. Then watch the sparks fly, as Clive’s after-dinner speech starts off believably enough and becomes more and more controversial and ends up as a hysterical stand-up comedy routine about the company and their individual guests.
“As usual your speech was a total hit…. The audience loved it and I have heard nothing but delighted comments on how funny it was – they were literally laughing in the aisles – which was no mean feat considering it was the last day of a gruelling three day conference… You are a real star and a delight to work with”
Group Director Brand Value & Communications, SITA
