50 Shades of Graham
Graham Keal
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Amusing after-dinner, corporate or club speaker
- Fee:
- Paid: By negotiation
- Category:
- Entertainment
- Updated:
- 28th May 2023
- Tagged:
- Battle Of The Sexes | Amusing | After Dinner Entertainment | Fun
50 minutes of wry and only slightly risqué humour from the man who has entertained several hundred WIs, U3As, ladies’ luncheon clubs, Probus clubs and Rotary dinners with his witty talks about his near 35 years as a showbiz reporter - ‘Oprah Winfrey Touched My Elbow’ and its sequel ‘Terry Wogan’s Hair Weave and Other Stories.’
Graham’s latest - also available via Zoom - is a comic miscellany, an amusing, slightly askance look the battle of the sexes and those 'men are from Mars, women are from Venus' moments, all broadly inspired by the phenomenal success of the outrageous ‘50 Shades of Grey’ novels and films.
Funny, fast-paced and freshly-minted, Graham’s talk is proving just as big a hit as the previous two, performed across the UK, from Plymouth to the Isle of Man.
- Please note: I'm happy to travel anywhere for my talks, for events such as Rotary charter nights, regional WI gatherings, Ladies' Luncheon Clubs etc. but for small groups on limited budgets such as individual WIs, I can usually only cover areas in or near to the East Midlands (I'm based in Newark, Notts NG24 3AQ) or appear via Zoom, otherwise travel costs may become prohibitive for smaller groups.
Dinner/evening engagements more than 50 miles may also require overnight accommodation.
I have a scale of fees for U3As WIs and add on a mileage charge from Newark, which I may be able to reduce for more far-flung engagements. Fees for dinner engagements, ladies' luncheon clubs etc are by negotiation or may be agreed via my agent.
REVIEWS for 50 Shades of Graham below (many more available on request):
“A fascinating talk which went down a storm – perfectly targeted at our audience,” Nigel Cobbold, Heath U3A (Lincoln)
“The best laugh we’ve had in a long time,” Sharon Rowland, North and South Wheatley WI, Notts
“Graham has probably the best set of reviews I’ve seen in all the time I’ve been looking people up who come to the U3A... I think you will agree, he absolutely produced the goods.” On 50 Shades of Graham, Barrie Saunders, chairman of Hucknall U3A, Nottingham
"Thank you once more for a really entertaining evening... If the conversations after you left are anything to go by I think you will certainly be invited back." Marilyn Cox Pleasley Vale WI
"We absolutely loved your 50 Shades talk. You did a fantastic job!" Zena Brenni, Notts Masonic ladies Luncheon Club speaker finder.
"Thank you for a wonderful afternoon – we all enjoyed it and had a good laugh. I am sorry I missed you going as I was busy somewhere and did not give you a big thank you. Could you come again and entertain!!?" Val Sofar Bingham WI
Views: 2188 | Enquiries: 44About Graham Keal
Graham's urge to generate laughter started early. He compered 6th-Form revue shows at school and again at university, went on to host charity fund-raisers, entered talent shows and even auditioned as a stand-up comedian for Opportunity Knocks.
He used his talent to amuse to embark on a second career as a speaker in 2006 while continuing in his primary job as a freelance showbiz writer. He has since entertained more than 300 audiences all over the UK with his three talks. Rotary Charter Nights and regional Rotary conferences, industry conferences, ladies' luncheon clubs, corporate events, WI gatherings, U3As and Probus clubs have all booked and enjoyed Graham's talks, all now available via Zoom or in person. Graham has been delighted to receive many glowing testimonials for all three of his talks and can forward a selectiuon of these on request.
Graham grew up in Lincoln and after grammar school there and an English degree at Manchester University, a brief taste of retail management with C&A Modes made Graham realise he wasn't cut out for selling suits. Instead he halved his salary overnight to become a trainee teaboy/journalist with the Lincolnshire Standard Group, later moving on to be a news reporter then TV/Showbiz editor on the Northants Evening Telegraph in Kettering. After seven years on the ET he took on a similar role on major morning regional paper, the Northern Echo, based in Darlington and moved from there two years later to work in Fleet Street, supplying celebrity interviews and TV previews to 10 regional daily papers from the London offices of the Westminster Press group, now part of Newsquest.
Two years after that he went freelance and went on to write about TV for both regional and national newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, the Daily Record (Scotland's Daily Mirror), the TV magazines of The Sun, The Mirror and the Express, plus TV Choice, TV Times, TV Quick and women's magazines Best and My Weekly.
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