Speakers
Geoff Whiting
“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.” – Independent on Sunday
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.
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 and the 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) and St John’s College Summer Ball (Cambridge University). The Comedy Café (Amsterdam), The Bowler (Paris), GPO (Galway, Ireland) and City Limits (Cork)
Corporate
Balfour Beatty Graduate Conference, The Morgan Lewis Annual Dinner, The Multiple Hosts Ball, Bath, The MacUser Awards, BUPA (Brighton), Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, DHL Conference (Brussels), Unilever, Yell Ltd, The DMA Annual Award Luncheon, Beaconsfield Round Table, Vibrant, The Labour Conference Party, O2 Awards, The Bath Ball, CIS Insurance Awards, Unipart Conference, Bath Rugby Club Annual Dinner, Tescos, Toyota, Thomas Cook, RAF Uxbridge and the Federation of Small Businesses UK.
TV Warm Up
The Peter Serafinowicz Show, BBC
That Mitchell and Webb Look, BBC
Ponderland with Russell Brand, Channel 4
Deal or No Deal, with Noel Edmonds, Channel 4
Street Cred Sudoku, UKTV
The Wire (pilot) ITV
Friday Night Hero (pilot) Channel 4
Balls of Steel, Channel 4
Bamboozle, E4
‘The Big Call ‘ ITV1
‘What’s the Problem’ with Anne Robinson BBC 1
‘Celebrity Fame Academy’ BBC
Come and Have a Go If You Think You’re Smart Enough-BBC1
Shooting Stars, BBC
Dom Jolly BBC
Trick Saturday, BBC
Take the Mic, ITV Network
TV Appearances
How to Get Your Dream Job, BBC 3
The Interview, BBC 3 autumn
Young Gifted & Broke, ITV Network (as the professional comedian advising newcomers)
The Pleasure Guide, HTV
Net. COMEDY, Carlton World
House of Fun, Meridian Television
Radio
The Hawkesby and Jacobs Show – Talksport
Fighting Talk – BBC Radio 5
The Sunday Show – Talksport
Comedy Cabaret – LBC Radio
Regular Comedy Slot on Bristol Uncovered, Star FM
Saturday Night, LBC Radio
Comedy Hour with the Morning Crew, GWR FM Wiltshire
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
The Phat Cave, Gilded Balloon Teviot
The Midnight Show, The Gilded Balloon
Late ‘n’ Live
Critics Response
“Geoff Whiting was the perfect compere. His lack of ego, his audience technique, and, of course, some great material, were a perfect warm-up for the main-billed acts.” Funny.co.uk
“…a master of the ‘That’s so True’ type of humour. He ad-libbed brilliantly and hooked the audience.” Evening Standard
“…wonderfully confident, highly entertaining…” Scene Magazine Bristol
” skilful stand-up ” Time Out Magazine
