Star Wedding Words

I am the writer of the award winning LGBTQ+ feature film GET REAL  In my career, I have been a successful TV writer and theatre director,  working on LGBTQ+ storylines and characters in  This Life, Monarch of The Glen, As If, East Enders, Casualty, and  others.  So...

Are you having speeches at your wedding? Is everyone (you, your spouse, the Best Man or Woman, or proud parents) confident that they are in control of the content of their speeches and that their appearance in the spotlight will do justice to the occasion? OR IS THERE SOME ANXIETY IN THE AIR! If so, don't worry! That's completely normal. Speaking in public for the inexperienced can apparently compete with the stress levels of jumping out of a plane! But I can help and make sure speeches deliver not only great content but are also presented with the confidence of an experienced public speaker or even a stand-up comedian! I've coached top actors in comic timing and nerve control and woven stories with humour and romance. I can do the same for you. I've been using my skills to write wedding speeches and coach presentations for the last 10 years. I work out of Basingstoke, Hampshire, but can work with clients all over the UK, and globally.

As a gay man I grew up when Section 28 was on the statute books and the age of consent 21!  I have fought for LGBTQ+ rights all my adult life, as a writer and activist. As an activist and writer (including the award-wining film Get Real) LGBTQ+ people being allowed to marry was the proudest moment of my life.

All weddings are different. I take time to discuss and get to know the varying needs and of the participants - no cut and paste jobs!  As an experienced  TV and Theatre writer and director I am am able enhance the thoughts and feelings of the speakers so there words come from the heart.

After decades of fighting for LGBTQ+ rights, nothing gives me greater pleasure and satisfaction professionally than to help LGBTQ+ people proudly declare their love publicly.

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As well as being a television writer I am also a West End Director, so clients receive everything mentioned in the Silver Service package, but also up to three hour long sessions, online or in person, in which I will coach them in the presentation of the speech, removing nerves and helping them look forward to making the big day even more memorable. Silver Service I will send the client a form with a few questions for them to fill in so I can get a handle on their connection to the wedding and their requirements. This will enable me to decide how to make any speech a STAR turn.  We will then speak either online or in person and I will make suggestions as to how the speech may go. Then I’ll write the speech from scratch, using their material to tell their story just as I would if writing words for a TV star. We can then have further discussions about what they are and are not happy with until we get it right. Fine Tune Send me the speech  already written, and I will use my script writing expertise to read and analyse it. Then we will discuss potential changes. Based on our discussion I will then use my years of creating stories with emotion and humour to polish and edit the speech to give it STAR quality.

As my services are carried out prior to the big day, I can provide help for multiple weddings.

No.  I can work remotely on line with people all over the world.  I also have a studio for face to face meetings, and can travel to a client's address.

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