Geoff Whiting is an established and popular compere, as well as a strong and versatile act. He has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival, on television (including 'The One Show' BBC Prime Time) and radio (BBC 5 Live and Talk Sport) and at every notable comedy club in the UK. He is also an established TV warm up for everything from 'Deal or No Deal' to 'Celebrity Fame Academy'.
*Highly recommended and experienced compere and comedian for Corporate Events, Parties and Weddings*
Geoff Whiting is an established and popular compere, as well as a strong and versatile act. He has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival, on television and radio and at every notable comedy club in the UK. He is also an established TV warm up.
He can handle a wide range of company/private function work and has also become something of is a specialist at Wedding entertainment and has performed at nine of these to date with much success.
Sally Tugby, Corporate Event, Cambridgeshire
Geoff Whiting was very helpful and provided 3 excellent comedians for our school PTA event.
WO2 Lee Davies, Military Event Event, Hampshire
Geoff Whiting was excellent throughtout the evening and the night was a great sucess. Many thanks.
Dave Cheetham, Corporate Event, Caernarvonshire
All went very smoothly. Acts turned up in plenty of time and weren't in the least bit needy. All three acts went down very well and adapted to the setting and the diverse audience extremely well.
Julie Taphouse, Corporate Event, Perth
Geoff was our compere on the night and came across as warm and likeable, the kind of person that audiences trust. Using notes given to him about the senior managers, he was able to personalise his comedy and was so funny, it went down a storm with the audience of over 100 people. It was really great to deal with someone who was professional and made things easy for me. The feedback from the partygoers was all positive and most of them said it was the best Christmas Party they have ever been to. This is directly linked to the quality of the comedy set and we would definitely use Geoff in the future and recommend him to other people too.
Richard Owen-Hughes, Group Marketing Director, Driver Hire Conference
Hi Geoff, This is just a quick note to say how pleased we were with your set in Nottingham. It was a bit of a gamble for us to go for a comedian as we have not done this at our conferences for many years. It was a really entertaining set, pitched at exactly the right level and you had the audience on your side within seconds. I was pleased with the way you worked the ‘Driver Hire’ references into your material without going over the top or spoiling the flow of your original material. I guess this comes down to a combination of natural talent and your professionalism in preparing thoroughly for the event. I’ve had lots of really positive feedback from the conference delegates about the evening and you definitely made a major contribution to its success. Thanks again – it was great fun!
Phil Dibb, Wedding, West Sussex
We looked is several places for a high calibre comedian for our wedding before finding Geoff Whiting. In our research we watched Geoff deliver his act in a pub. Geoff was well aware that not all his pub material would be suitable for a wedding, and modified his delivery on the day accordingly. He was also keen for our input so that he knew his target audience, and our taboo subjects which he respected. On the night Geoff's delivery was spot-on, and kept a room-full enthralled, easily dealing with hecklers. I would not hesitate to recommend Geoff to anyone looking for a comedian at a wedding.
Vishal Nehru, Aon Consulting
Just to let you have feedback on our company Annual Awards Dinner in Kensington on Saturday 12th July 2008. The comedian/host Geoff Whiting was phenomenal. We gave him free reign to run a complicated show and it looked like he had been practising for weeks, when in reality we just sent him an email 2 days before and he spoke to me for 10 minutes. He was very professional and allowed the show to progress at times at his expense!! He was very funny and people came up to me and said they thought he was excellent although we had so many other acts....he really stood out!! Thank you so much.
Adrian Farris, Sales Manager, Redwood Hotel & Country Club
I would like to thank you for supplying us with such a great comedian for our General Managers conference here at the Redwood Hotel & Country Club. Geoff Whiting performed superbly despite a few glitches with the audio equipment and had everyone of the audience totally gripped and entertained throughout his set. Geoff was given a few key points to pick out certain members of the audience and highlighted some very comical moments in their career/life. He did this with ease and without getting too close to the mark. I would have no hesitation in recommending or using Geoff again as the feedback from our General Managers was outstanding.
Lorraine Bourke, Executive Assistant to Richard Merriweather (Merriweather Summer Party 2008)
Geoff Whiting performed at our internal summer party in June 2008 - a small handful of the Executive Management Team. It was a fantastic performance leaving the audience eager for more. Due to the size of the group, the performance had to be bespoke to the team and the preparation Geoff undertook was incorporated into the performance making the whole event more personal and warming. His interpersonal skills and reactions (or judgement) to the audience was invaluable - making the performance a superb experience. I would certainly recommend Geoff Whiting for both large and small group performances and we look forward to working with Geoff again very soon.
Independent on Sunday, August 2006
Geoff Whiting takes the stage with consummate ease and works the audience like a miner at the coal face, digging out nuggets of information to fuel his comedy.
Funny.co.uk
Geoff Whiting was the perfect compere. His lack of ego, his audience technique, and, of course, some great material, was a perfect warm-up for the main-billed acts.
Evening Standard
...a master of the 'That's so True' type of humour. He ad-libbed brilliantly and hooked the audience.
Scene Magazine Bristol
...wonderfully confident, highly entertaining...
Time Out Magazine
Skilful stand-up.
Comedy Clubs & Appearances-London
- The Comedy Store
- The Comedy Café
- Jongleurs
- Bound and Gagged
- Up the Creek
- Meccano
- Red Rose Comedy Club
- Screaming Blue Murder
- The Bearcat
- Downstairs at the Kings Head
- Banana Balham
UK & Others
- Jongleurs (Manchester, Oxford, Watford, Southampton, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Edinburgh and Bristol)
- The Krater Comedy Club (Brighton)
- Rawhide (Liverpool)
- Just the Tonic (Nottingham)
- The Comedy Box (Bristol)
- The Comedy Club (Chelmsford)
- The Cheeky Monkey Comedy Club (Birmingham)
- St John's College Summer Ball (Cambridge University)
- The Comedy Café (Amsterdam)
- The Bowler (Paris)
- GPO (Galway, Ireland)
- City Limits (Cork)
Corporate
- Driver Hire Annual Dinner Nottingham 2011
- Wessex Water Annual Dinner 2010
- Lions Club Yeovil Annual Lunch 2010
- OPERC's Tenth Anniversary Event at Birmingham City University 2010
- The Cartoonists Club of Great Britain 50th Anniversary Dinner 2010
- Liverpool Victoria (Insurance) Business Dinner 2009
- Balfour Beatty Gala Ball 2009
- Watford FC Charity Dinner 2009
- ITIC Conference Oxford 2009
- BSEC Gala Dinner (Manchester) 2009
- Landid Property Launch (Bracknell) 2009
- Syngenta Crop Protection (Cambridge) 2009
- Arrow Therapeutics 2008
- SEB Futures 2008
- BIMA Awards 2008
- RAF Marlow 2008
- Value Click 2008
- Folio Hotels Managers Conference 2008
- Balfour Beatty Graduate Conference 2007
- The Morgan Lewis Annual Dinner 2007
- The Multiple Hosts Ball, Bath 2007
- The MacUser Awards 2006
- BUPA (Brighton) 2006
- Birmingham Chamber of Commerce 2006
- DHL Conference (Brussels) 2006
- Unilever 2005
- Yell Ltd 2005
- The DMA Annual Award Luncheon 2005
- Beaconsfield Round Table 2005
- Vibrant 2005
- The Labour Conference Party 2004
- O2 Awards 2004
- The Bath Ball 2004
- CIS Insurance Awards 2003
- Unipart Conference 2003
- Bath Rugby Club Annual Dinner 2002
- Tescos 2002
- Toyota 2002
- Thomas Cook 2002
- RAF Uxbridge 2002
- Federation of Small Businesses UK 2001
TV Warm Up
- The Peter Serafinowicz Show, BBC, 2007
- That Mitchell and Webb Look, BBC, 2007
- Ponderland with Russell Brand, Channel 4, 2007
- Deal or No Deal, with Noel Edmonds, Channel 4, 2006
- Street Cred Sudoku, UKTV, 2006
- The Wire (pilot) ITV, Aug 2005
- Friday Night Hero (pilot) Channel 4, Aug 2005
- Balls of Steel, Channel 4, July 2005
- Bamboozle, E4, July 2005
- 'The Big Call ' ITV1 2005
- 'What's the Problem' with Anne Robinson BBC 1 2005
- 'Celebrity Fame Academy' BBC, 2005
- Come and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough-BBC1 2004
- Shooting Stars, BBC 2003
- Dom Jolly BBC 2003
- Trick Saturday, BBC 2002
- Take the Mic, ITV Network 2001 & 2002
TV Appearances
- The One Show BBC 1 - October 2009
- How to Get Your Dream Job, BBC 3 2006
- The Interview, BBC 3 autumn 2005
- Young Gifted & Broke, ITV Network 2001 (as the professional comedian advising newcomers)
- The Pleasure Guide, HTV 2001
- Net. COMEDY, Carlton World 2001
- House of Fun, Meridian Television 2001
Radio
- The Richard Bacon Show -BBC Radion 5 Live 2010
- The Hawkesby and Jacobs Show – Talksport 2010
- Fighting Talk – BBC Radio 5 2006
- The Sunday Show – Talksport 2006
- Comedy Cabaret – LBC Radio 2006
- Regular Comedy Slot on Bristol Uncovered, Star FM 2001- 2004
- Saturday Night, LBC Radio 2003
- Comedy Hour with the Morning Crew, GWR FM Wiltshire 2001
- Guest appearances on BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Solent, BBC Radio Three Counties, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Gloucestershire
Edinburgh Fringe
- Get Up Stand Up, at the Three Tuns 2006
- The Phat Cave, Gilded Balloon Teviot 2005
- The Midnight Show, The Gilded Balloon 2001/2003
- Late 'n' Live 2001
Geoff is independant and able to travel anywhere in the UK or abroad. Is happy to do after dinner sets up to 45 minutes in length and is also a succesful and specialist host for corporate events and private functions.
Geoff has performed at over one hundred corporate and private functions in the past seven years, both in the UK and Eurpoe.
Geoff is also able to deliver an entirely 'clean' set if required or change this up if more adult material is desired and is entirely adaptable in this sense.
Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.
