Stan Boardman
After Dinner Comedian, Corporate Client Comedian, TV Comedian
Stan was born on Merseyside and his great schoolboy ambition was to play professional football for Liverpool.
After failing to make the grade in big time soccer he eventually started his own haulage business which earned him a steady living. Then in the summer of 1976 he decided to enter a talent contest that would change his entire life.
Stan progressed through each stage to a place in the Grand Final at the London Palladium. It was here that his distinctive style of comedy and his original material helped him walk off with the £1,000 first prize, a summer season engagement and the title 'Star Act Of The Year'. One leading business trade newspaper in reviewing Stan's act, headlined: 'A Star is Born'.
The diverse nature of his act meant that he appeared in, pantomimes, concerts, cabaret and summer seasons at major venues all over Britain. Stan has even performed as far afield as Sydney in Australia returning to start in the pantomime Aladdin at Southport Theatre.
Stan has always been a regular on our tv screens and most recently appeared in BBC1 Can't Cook Won't Cook, Channel 4's Kings of Comedy, Celebrity Wife Swap, and Celebrity Coach Trip.
Stand up Comedy will always be Stan's favourite "tipple" and he is perfect for Charity Events, After Dinner Entertainment, Golf Days and Corporatae Hospitality.
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