Artistes of the Month
Also featured: Ron Moody, Sir Clive Woodward
Rod
Woodward
The
judges, stars, audiences and newspapers alike love this young and fast-rising
comedian. He has won the "Encore Comedian Of The Year" in London
and been on Sky's show The Comedians.
His exceptional delivery and material have attracted the praise of some of the business' most respected names and critics. Tipped for great things, Rod prides himself on the original and topical content of his performances.
Rod's professionalism goes before him - literally. He always tries to be a step ahead by planning each individual performance to suit the occasion, therefore bringing a unique personal touch to his speeches.
Rod is also one of the most versatile comedians, and is equally at home with professional, round-table and business audiences as he is in a cabaret environment, a theatre, a comedy club or even a students' union.
Rod was the main support act on the sold out tour with Paddy McGuinness, known to many from his appearances in Phoenix Nights and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere with Peter Kay.
"The speakers were fab[ulous] & went down very well. Rod
was a particular favourite with the audience"
BT on Jeff Probyn, Graham
Poll & Rod Woodward who spoke
at a BT sporting dinner in December 2007
"Rod was amazingly funny...even my boss said that he couldn't
have laughed much more as his face was hurting! He read the crowd immediately,
found the right level and went for it!"
Rod Woodward spoke PC WOrld Business's annual supplier conference in
July 2006
Media credits include:
Wrote and performed in his own Radio Wales Comedy series, "Doing It For A Laugh" - 3 Series.
Wrote and presented the ten-part series, "A Bit Off The Fringe" for BBC2 Wales.
Appeared as the subject of the BBC documentary, "Am I Talking To You", which followed Rod on his journey to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Wrote and performed his own one man show for a 25-night run at The Pleasance during the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for which he earned the following reviews:
"A winning presence..." The Daily Telegraph
"A sure crowd pleaser..." Chortle.co.uk
"Charming..." Three Weeks
"A brilliant young comic with great style and repose"
"A brilliant and stylish comedian"
Barry Cryer
Click
here to see Rod's online Video Showreel
Ron Moody
A
sad-faced character player of stage and screen often cast in comic or
seriocomic roles, Ron Moody is best recalled for portraying Fagin, the
adult leader of a pickpocket gang, in both the 1960 London stage and 1968
feature film versions of "Oliver!".
He went on to play Uriah Heep in the 1970 NBC version of "David Copperfield" and Ippoli Vorobyaninov, the clerk of noble birth searching for his family fortune in "The Twelve Chairs" (1970). But Moody never seemed to land meaty roles again and his feature film and TV appearances became more sporadic in the 80s and 90s.
Ron recently returned to TV in the Bill and appeared in Eastenders. Good entertaining after dinner speaker.
Sir Clive Woodward
Sir
Clive was Coach of the England Rugby Union World Cup Winning Team. England's
historic 20-17 victory over Australia in the Rugby World Cup final has
drawn praise from all quarters of the rugby world. Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson
secured the game for England with a last-gasp drop goal in extra-time,
and in doing so sealed the nation's greatest sporting triumph since 1966.
In September 1997, Clive Woodward became the first professional, full-time coach of the England Rugby Union Team. After graduating Clive joined Leicester Rugby Football Club and Rank Xerox simultaneously. He worked both here and in Australia for Rank Xerox, Portfolio Leasing and Ford Leasing. He coached London Irish and won them promotion to the Premiership. He went on to coach England U21s for three seasons (1994-97), and whilst coaching at Bath, he accepted the challenge to coach the England senior squad. Clive is credited with creating a unique Management System within International Rugby and for bringing professionalism to the game in England.
In 2004 Sir Clive he stepped down as coach and in 2006 was appointed as the new Director of Elite Performance at the British Olympic Association (BOA).
Clive will lead on the performance input into all aspects of the BOA's work, contributing to the successful performance of Team GB at future Olympic and Olympic Winter Games.
The role will provide support and services directly to the 35 Olympic Sports, working with them on a one-to-one basis to assist their individual aspirations for Olympic success.
Clive will act as Deputy Chef de Mission (Performance) at the Beijing,
Vancouver (winter) and London Olympic Games.
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