Spotlight Entertainments was founded in 1993, and since this time the business has built a reputation as one of the leading entertainment agencies in the UK. We organise entertainment for a wide range of clients, from private individuals holding weddings and parties to companies including Sony, Polo Ralph Lauren, Land Rover, Jaguar, Yell, Swarovski, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Greene King, Capita Group and British Telecommunications plc. We are familiar with many of the UK's top venues, and many of these recommend us as a supplier.

To see our band roster, including full demo tracks and images click here . Our background music roster is also available here

To download a pdf copy of our brochure please click here.

For more information on workshops and interactive entertainment, click here.

We have over 2,000 artistes on our books, and deal with a very wide range of clients every year, so it is not possible to list everything here. If you require further details of anything on the web site, or if you wish to ask us about anything not covered here, please e-mail us. Use the links on the left to select individual types of act, or click below to indicate your area of interest.

Spotlight Entertainments was founded in 1993 by Chris Siddons. The business is now run jointly by Chris and his wife Marceline. Over the past two decades the business has built its reputation by providing access to the best entertainers in the UK by means of an efficient and friendly service.

Spotlight is pleased to work closely with and be recommended by many of the UK's leading venues. These include Templeton (South London);The Tithe Barn (Nr Petersfield  Hampshire) Amberley Castle (West Sussex); South Lodge Hotel (West Sussex); Mannings Heath Golf Club (West Sussex); Wasing Park (Nr Reading, Berkshire); Ramster (Surrey) Avington Park (Hampshire); Slaugham Place (West Sussex); Gate Street Barn (Surrey); Heckfield Place (Hampshire); Hatfield House (Hertfordshire); Hotel du Vin (Tunbridge Wells, Kent); The Inn at Woburn (Bedfordshire); Winchester House (London) Horsted Place (East Sussex); Gosfield Hall (Essex); Leez Priory (Essex); The RAC Club (Surrey); Spains Hall (Essex). Please visit these venues' web sites by clicking the links above.

We are also pleased to recommend Burlison Photography and Andrea Sarlo photography

FAQs:

Why book through an agency?

- A good agency will have vetted all the entertainment on its books.

- A good agent acts as an interface between the client and artistes, ensuring all the details are covered and everything goes smoothly on the day

- A good agency will have many, many contacts, ensuring that if your artiste is unavailable due to illness, a replacement should be able to be found.

 

Why book through Spotlight Entertainments?

- Chris and Marceline Siddons, who run the agency, take the above agents' responsibilities seriously.

- Spotlight is an established business (started in 1993)- Many clients have been booking through Spotlight for well over ten years.

- The business has an excellent record- see the letters of recommendation throughout this web site.

- Spotlight offers you the UK's top musicians and entertainers, and operates an efficient and friendly service.

- Many popular venues recommend Spotlight

- Many of the UK's top entertainers prefer to work through an agency like Spotlight. We do their paperwork and administration for them, and ensure that they have all the information required to uundertake their work. This gives them more time and energy to spend doing what they love- entertaining.

 

How does the agency work?

- Clients contact us with their requirements. We put forward one or more options which we feel will be best for the client.

- There is no obligation to book the artistes we put forward, however if the client does wish to follow our recommendations we ask that they book through Spotlight

- If the client decides they wish to book one of our suggestions, we make a firm booking with the artiste, and send out a contract.

- We do not charge any up-front fees for our services, but receive a commission on each booking we make.

- Our contract clearly states all the details of the booking, giving you the confidence to get on with planning the other details of your function.

- Between making your booking and the date of your event, We are happy to answer any queries you may have regarding your booking.

 

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August 2012 - Cycle Themed Entertainment

With the success of Britain's Bradley Wiggins in the Tour de France and The Olympics, and excitement over the forthcoming Tour of Britain cycle race, there's never been a better time to use cycling themed entertainment. We now have a web page devoted to this, aimed at anyone organising a cycle race, cycling festival or sustainable transport event, including, among other things, contenders for the world's smallest bike and world's largest tricycle, a number of comedy bikes, a panda riding a tricycle, and a host of other wacky ideas. See here.

July 2012 - The Seal

See this unusual street theatre act on 9th August at Eden Walk Shopping Centre, Kingston

Or click the image above to see a short video.

May 2012 - New Act - The Pigeons - Hilarious, colourful and totally off-the-wall street theatre act. Click to see the video.

 

April 2012: Our team building team organised an abseiling event on a 15 storey tower block on The Larner Road Estate in Erith, Kent. Over the course of the day- Friday the 13th April- chosen with no regard for superstitions- a group which included residents, staff, architects and journalists descended the 47 metre tower. Our team of abseiling facilitators are more familiar with working at venues such as Amberley Castle (see here) but are happy to work wherever the activity can be undertaken safely. Pictured below making her descent is Caroline Field, regeneration project manager for Orbit Homes. For more pictures of the Erith event, please click on the image.

March 2012: We now have our new background music roster available on the web site. This adds to the band roster, added last month, which has been very well received. Both of these rosters aim to give clients the ability to pre-select a number of musical groups before speaking with us or emailing. Of course, we are still delighted to give advice on the phone and by email- that's what we're here for!

January 2012:

2012 brings us a number of major events, including The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and The London 2012 Olympics. Many of our artists have been busy developing acts to fit these themes:

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee will be a major event for children and adults alike. We are pleased to offer a jubilee children's show, hosted by John Bull and featuring a children's TV celebrity.

Please contact us for more details.

Many of our craft workshop facilitators also have the jubilee in mind. One idea for an activity is a commemorative collage, which is made as a collaborative effort over a period of a few days:

For Jubilee street parties, our comedy tea ladies act is ideal:

For more Jubilee themed ideas click here

The London 2012 Olympics will dominate the summer months and many of our physical skills artistes have developed themed acts. For the children, our Circus Skills Olympics will be touring Shopping Centres and Town Centres over the summer- call us for more details.

Visual spectacles planned for the year include an Olympic themed acrobatic show:

(See more images of this act in our front page slide show.)

A comedy hula hooping act with an olympic theme

(click image for more details and video)

And one of our statue artists has a superb new Olympic themed statue:

For more olympic themed ideas click here

Superhero theme: Also during 2012 there are several major films due for release which we think may merit themed events:

In April the new Avengers film is due to be launched. This features a number of superhero characters including Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America. July sees the premiere of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. Some of our leading character actors and stunt performers are available with characters which pay tribute to some of these superhero characters. Please call or email for more details.

Featured Act- Meet The Dinosaur

This brand new and visually stunning show is suitable for people of all ages. The amazingly realistic stegosaurus is controlled from within by a concealed performer. A combination of live sound, facial animatronics and extreme puppetry bring the dinosaur to life. The dinosaur is accompanied by our resident palaeontologist who presents a lively and informative natural history show. Audiences are encouraged to ‘get tactile’ with the dinosaur and to have a go at being palaeontologists themselves.

Featured Act- Grans on shopping trollies- As featured in Chat Magazine

This hilarious roving act features three "ladies" of mature years, riding on giant motorised shopping trollies. The trollies glide around in wacky, sychronised fashion. Ideal for street festivals, christmas lights switch-ons, shopping centres, exhibitions and more. To check availability and for a demo video email us

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Chris and Marceline can be contacted as below:

Address: Spotlight Entertainments, Chantersell, Nether Lane Nutley Sussex TN22 3LA

Telephone: 01825 713213 (UK)

Email: info@spotlight-ents.biz

Web: www.spotlightentertainments.com