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After Dinner Speakers
Book an after-dinner speaker who does more than fill the gap between dessert and the taxis home. Our UK-wide roster of after-dinner speakers covers political heavyweights, celebrity names, sporting legends, and comedians, all of whom know how to read a room after a long day of conference sessions or awards.
Political and geopolitical speakers are some of the most requested after-dinner acts on our books right now. Former Cabinet ministers such as Esther McVey and Ann Widdecombe, and political insiders like Alastair Campbell, bring first-hand experience of Westminster along with the timing and wit an after-dinner slot demands. If your guests want sharper conversation than the usual after-dinner fare, without losing the entertainment value, a political speaker delivers both.
For a lighter tone, our celebrity after-dinner speakers span sport, television and comedy. And if you want a broader shortlist of political voices for a panel, Q&A or fireside chat rather than an after-dinner slot, our political speakers page covers the full roster.
Our Varied Roster of After-Dinner Speakers
After-dinner speakers UK-wide bring more than a polished anecdote. The best ones carry real expertise in their field and, where it’s useful, work your brand or event theme into the speech itself. Many will happily talk you through the story behind the story: what actually happened backstage, in the dressing room or in the room where the decision got made.
A Speaker for Every Audience
For sports fans, we book accomplished after-dinner sports speakers, from rugby internationals and football names to Olympic medallists, each with a genuine account of what winning (and losing) actually felt like.
If you want a bit of star power, our celebrity after dinner speakers come from television, film, music and sport, and most of them have a story about the moment things didn’t go to plan as well as the moment they did. It’s usually the setbacks, not the highlight reel, that an audience remembers.
Political and Geopolitical After Dinner Speakers
Political after dinner speakers are some of the most requested acts on our books at the moment, and it’s not hard to see why: a former minister or Westminster insider gives you sharper, funnier material than most audiences expect from a political speech. The Rt Hon Esther McVey and Ann Widdecombe both draw on years in Cabinet and Parliament, while Alastair Campbell built his after-dinner reputation on the view from inside Downing Street. David Lammy MP rounds out a roster that covers most sides of the political spectrum.
If you’d rather see the full lineup of political voices, including journalists and commentators as well as former MPs, our political speakers page covers the wider roster beyond the after-dinner circuit.
Plenty of our other after dinner speakers have their own story of setback and recovery, and that’s often what lands hardest with a room full of guests who’ve had a long day of conference sessions or awards.
What Makes Our After Dinner Speakers Stand Out
Good after-dinner speakers do more than tick off a list of achievements. They read the room, adjust the material to the audience in front of them, and tie the speech back to why everyone’s actually there. Our speakers build each presentation around your event’s brief rather than delivering the same set every time.
We’ve watched enough events to know how much a speaker slot can make or break the evening. Our team spends time understanding the brief before we recommend anyone, rather than working from a shortlist of the same names.
We work with corporate functions, charity dinners, and private and public sector events of every size. Alongside the venue, catering and décor, the after-dinner speaker is usually what people are still talking about the next morning, which makes it one of the decisions worth getting right rather than leaving to the week before.
We’re an after-dinner speaker agency and after-dinner entertainment specialist, and matching the right person to your brief, whether that’s an after-dinner comedian, a sports speaker or a political voice, is what we spend most of our time on.
One of the UK’s Leading Speaker Bureaus
After two decades in the business, we’re recognised as one of the UK’s leading speaker bureaus for after dinner speakers UK-wide, working daily with experts and professional speakers who inform, provoke and entertain in equal measure.
Common questions about booking an after dinner speaker
Who are the best political after dinner speakers?
Former ministers and Westminster insiders tend to work best in an after-dinner slot, since they combine genuine insider knowledge with the comic timing the format needs. The Rt Hon Esther McVey, Ann Widdecombe and Alastair Campbell are among the most booked on our roster; visit our political speakers page for the full lineup.
How much does a celebrity after dinner speaker cost?
Fees vary widely depending on profile, availability and the nature of the event, from a few thousand pounds for an emerging name to five or six figures for a major celebrity. Get in touch with your brief, and we’ll come back with speakers and indicative fees that fit your budget.
Book an After Dinner Speaker
To enquire about booking an after-dinner speaker for your next event, contact The Speakers Agency on +44(0)1332 810481 or email enquiries@thespeakersagency.com and one of our booking agents will be happy to help.
