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Spanner in the Works - Other Services |
SPANNER BUSKERS If you're entertaining guests then Spanner in the Works comedy waiters are the perfect alternative. The performers infiltrate and work alongside genuine waiters and waitresses, giving your guests an unforgettable evening of unique comedy and music. From pre-dinner drinks, through to coffee, your unsuspecting guests will witness a whole host of amusing and unusual capers. Watch with delight as unlikely canapés are nibbled, guests search in vain for the waitress's lost contact lens, and whilst a waiter takes a sneaky swig from a hidden bottle of wine, can that maintenance man really be changing a light bulb over table 2? As the atmosphere builds, with confidence, the guests begin to interact with the spoof Spanner staff. Sudddenly the maintenance man is under a table, a bandaged waiter is serenading guests with his guitar and the wine waiter finally collapses, even the most unobservant are left in no doubt that they have been well and truly Spannered! An announcement is made at the end of the performance exposing the true identity of the bogus staff. Taking their bows with instruments galore, the musical finale, which sees the whole room singing and swaying along to the classic 'Delilah' is a handclapping, footstomping cherry on an already splendid cake. |
SOOTY SMUDGE - THE SHORT SIGHTED CARICATURIST Sooty's eyesight has deteriorated massively recently with an aggressive cataract in one eye and myopia in the other. He also suffers from a condition which he calls sketchers elbow. However he soldiers on and his work is like his eyesight, reassuringly poor. His victims, on the other hand find his work hilarious. Unable to finish evening art classes due to a recurring back problem, he still bends to draw and chooses each subject with great care. As guests watch him work on a friend or colleague, squeals of laughter can be heard from behind his drawing pad, unfortunately not by Mr Smudge though, he still has a glue ear from childhood. We are sure that Sooty's work proudly hangs in the homes and on office walls of nearly all of his victims. The rest are left behind by those who do not appreciate that despite all his ailments, here is a sensitive artist who simply won't go to the doctors. |
COUNT MAGICULA - RUBBISH TABLE MAGICIAN Hilarious take on close up magic, The cloaked Magicula floats from table to table with his trusty magic trolley in tow. His routine, with ridiculous musical accompaniment and a well thumbed 70's Daniels magic book, will leave your guests reeling with laughter. From his Transylvanian ring manoeuvre to a jaw dropping sword swallow, the count is a master magician hovering near the bottom of his profession. He dislikes garlic dishes, crucifixes and will all of a sudden, in a flash, disappear before dawn breaks. |
AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS Give your guests the complete celebrity treatment with our ever enthusiastic Autograph Hunters. They eagerly greet your guests on arrival armed with pens, scraps of paper and autograph books looking for yet another signature to add to their vast pointless collection of celebrity and non celebrity names. Boring people with tales of meeting The Cheeky Girls mother, that bloke from Eastenders, no The Bill, Richard but not Judy because she was not feeling at all well, stuttering Pete from Big Brother, Jan Leeming, the Aston Villa manager, Bruno Brookes, Andrew Ridgley and even some Channel 5 presenters. On occasion, one of our pests shouting "Me, Me!" will break from the main pack waving a Polaroid camera for an odd photo with your alarmed guests. Some of our Autograph Hunters are also Trainspotters and are always up for a train theme, especially the beauty of steam. Available as a two or a multi-pack option. |
THE CLEANERS Val, Barb and Derek are livid. They should have been home hours ago, but the conference ran over by 3 hours and if they don't do it now, it will never get done. Great for pre or during dinner service our clumsy comedy cleaners will clatter around, interact with your guests and cause absolute mayhem. Vacuuming under tables, cleaning windows, shoes, cutlery, glasses, even the odd guest gets the once over. Armed with vacuum cleaners, dusters, brooms, buckets, mops, polish and bin liners, their passion for cleaning is a joy to witness, only interrupted by the occasional tea break and a moan about their pay and working conditions. As Derek often tells his wife after they have been paid 'we're cleaning up love, cleaning up'. Available as a two or three person routine. |
THE PROTESTERS A protest outside a venue is always guaranteed to attract attention. 'What do we want? Don't know, when do we want it? Not sure!!' On closer inspection though, we find their rants are a little spurious. 'Give peas a chance' is the song, down with loud music reads the placard. 'We want tea!!' Meat is an anagram of team and mate and tame and etam claim the leaflets. A petition is thrust under your nose to help save The Wales. You could even use your own cause for our protesters to support, but we warn you, although they look the part, there approach is a bit rubbish. With notice, up to 10 protesters are available. |
HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICERS GONE MAD "Hello my name is Ken Driffold and this is my colleague Morris Corfield and I'm afraid we have a few potential health risks here we would not only like to point out, but we need to discuss them with you". Imagine you are enjoying yourself at a social gathering and you hear these spine chilling words. Oh yes ladies and gentlemen Ken and Morris mean business and they have the power to shut you up and down. It was in fact Ken who announced to the world that the Christmas pudding was a potential flaming ball of death. The sixpence, if swallowed is a real choking hazard. Clipboard, rule book, tape measure, sound level meter, professional torch, safety leaflets and the Handy Hazzard Handbook are just some of the pieces of specialist equipment carried by these sad lonely jobsworths. It's Lovely to watch your guests interacting with these incredulous creatures. Apart from distances between tables and amount of candles to cubic air space they will give advice and leaflets on smoking, drinking, fire exits and extinguishers and explain how Morris successfully had a 600 year old pancake race on a cobbled street in Oxford cancelled. Works well in pre and into dinner. |
Comedy Entertainment |
Tel: 0845 6343164 Emai: info@ddrproductions.co.uk |