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This is the page if you are interested in booking Rainer for a corporate event. Scroll down to learn more and see videos of him performing.
Introduction
Rainer Hersch is an ideal entertainer for corporate dinners, awards ceremonies and conferences. His act is sophisticated, novel, appeals across nationalities, clean, funny and can be tailored to match your brief. At corporate events he performs either:
- On his own as a stand-up comedian.
- With his comedy orchestra, which can range from 8 musicians to a full symphony orchestra.
- As a speaker presenting his funny and illuminating module "Peak Performance" - what business can learn from a symphony orchestra.
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Clients
Rainer's clients have included the following. For many, he has appeared more than once:
- Audi
- Auto Express
- AXA
- British Council of Shopping Centres
- Canon Europe
- Direct Marketing Association
- Emap Automotive
- Ergon
- Farmers Weekly
- Haymarket Publishing
- Jaguar
- QinetiQ
- RAC
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- SJ Berwin
- Skoda
- Sumitomo Chemical
- Syngenta
- Unilever
- Vodaphone
- Volkswagen
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Feedback
Rainer has performed at awards ceremonies, dinners, receptions in locations ranging from the Tower of London to the Villa Rothschild, Monte Carlo. These are some of the comments he has received:
"Rainer, Standing ovations are something that our Nemo conference only gives once ever few years but the one received on Saturday night, couldn’t have been more deserving to you & your orchestra. We had a wide age group to please & undoubtedly your brand/style of entertainment engages with your audience to ensure everyone goes away feeling good. Congratulations & very much appreciated."
Adrian Wallis CEO Nemo (De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton, June 09)
"Thank you so much for putting on a fantastic performance last night and helping to make the Farmers Weekly Awards such a great success. The audience loved you and you really put them into a party mood that lasted all evening".
Debbie Beaton, Project Development Manager, Farmers Weekly Group. (Grosvenor House Hotel, London, October 08)
"Rainer was great. There was loads of positive feedback."
Direct Marketing Association (Royal Opera House, London, June 08)
“Rainer, thank you so, so much for last night. You and the team went down an absolute storm. You have been the talk of the town today”.
Sarah Brooker, Event Manager, Incisive Media PLC. (Monte Carlo, July 07)
“Your performance with orchestra was the highlight of the evening”.
Marcia E Griffiths, Events Executive, AXA (Barbican, London, January 06)
“Congratulations on a truly excellent contribution to the conference which fitted our Russian/German theme perfectly”.
Charlotte Kirk, Unilever (Leeds, March 05)
“Thank you, Rainer, we all really enjoyed the show at the Hilton Hotel”
Bryony Stentiford, Event and Incentive Coordinator, Canon Business Solutions (Brussels, Jan 05)
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Types of Performance
Rainer Solo (UP TO 45 MINS)
Rainer is a highly successful stand-up comedian who has often closed the show at the famous Comedy Store in London. He applies all this experience and material to full effect for your event. On stage he uses a keyboard, microphone and, if available, PowerPoint facilities to produce a set which is both funny and clever. The music he plays is immediately recognizable. Highlights include when Rainer illustrates how classical composers stole their best ideas from adverts on the television and shows the audience what they are really singing in opera. A typical set is 15 – 30 minutes.
To hear a short audio selection click here:
[ Mozart-ABBA ] MP3 - 89KB
To see him using PowerPoint to explain what they are really singing at the opera click here:
[ Stand-up Carmen Cards ] wmv - 1.8MB
There is additional information and video of Rainer on the web site of corporate agent JLA click here
http://www.jla.co.uk/conference-speakers/rainer-hersch
To get hold of a full CD and/or DVD, please refer to the contact information below.
Rainer with Orchestra (up to 90 mins)
This act is unique in corporate entertainment. Rainer Hersch appears on stage with an classical orchestra (minimum 8) corrupting the great works of classical music with hilarious results. The pieces they play are recognised by everyone, whether or not they know anything about music, from The William Tell Overture to Land of Hope and Glory. A popular highlight is when Rainer uses members of the audience to participate in a conducting competition. Rainer can either work with his own musicians or rehearse and perform with local professionals. A typical set is 30-45 minutes.
For an additional fee, the orchestra can play light dinner music before or after the comedy performance.
To see an excerpt of him at a corporate event (including the moment when a member of the audience conducts the orchestra) click here:
[ Corporate Orchestra Extract ] wmv - 3.1 MB
[ media/video/03_corporate_orchestra_extract.wmv ] corporate agent JLA web site
To see him have fun with a full orchestra click here
[ LSO Orchestra Extract ] wmv - 3.0MB
To get hold of a full CD and/or DVD, please refer to the contact information below.
Rainer AS SPEAKER (UP To 90 MinS)
Rainer presents a funny, structured module "Peak Performance" - what can business learn from a symphony orchestra. He uses comedy, a PowerPoint presentation and plenty of musical examples to discuss the question of leadership as applied by a conductor. Starting simply on the theme ‘what the hell does a conductor actually do?’ Rainer goes on to touch on specific leadership challenges:
- Communication
- Building trust
- Teamwork
- Working in collaboration
- Encouraging passion and commitment
- Creating and communicationg a vision
- Defining values
- Leadership styles
- Making best use of available resources
- Managing the process of change
- Guarding and enhancing the a reputation
To see a ten-minute extract click here
[Peak Performance] YouTube
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Book Rainer
Rainer prefers to work through a corporate agent who will be able to discuss your event and give you information about his fees, technical requirements and availability. For an initial contact for entertainment, awards, corporate dinners etc:
Rainer Hersch
PO Box 32307
London
W5 3YF
E-mail: management@thecomedy.biz
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