A Cake Act is a short comedy & dance routine which normally lasts between 15 - 25 minutes, & is usually performed for someone having a birthday.
Sometimes companies book the Cake Act for an anniversary or to highlight a special occasion. It can also be booked for weddings, to precede the wedding cake.
The comedy routine is delivered in the form of a short witty speech, which is specially written for each occasion. The duration can vary depending on pause-laughter time and ad libbing with an audience. The Comedian bursts in to the party, often dressed as a character like a Mad Psychiatrist, to deliver his specially prepared Comedy Script. He then invites the guests to sing 'Happy Birthday', and while they are singing wheels in the Cake. The recipient then blows candles out around the front of the Cake. Out jumps a glamourous female dancer, who performs a dance routine, usually getting the birthday person up dancing during her performance!
When the birthday person is a lady, the comedian usually jumps out of the Cake and a female assistant wheels the Cake in to the party. The recipient is left with a copy of the script.
We email or fax you a Questionnaire sheet, which you complete & email back to us. We use the information you provide as a basis to write the script, which is customised towards the particular person (or company if it is for a Corporate function.) It generally takes three to six hours to prepare the comedy script / short witty speech.
The comedian is usually dressed as a character - Mad Psychiatrist, Doctor, Crazy Golfer, Bobby Policeman, etc... The dancer usually performs a modern dance, but if more appropriate, this can be tap, jazz, Ceroc or Latin.
The Cake measures 123 cm in diameter (4 feet.) This means it will not fit in most standard lifts in one piece (but will fit in a goods lift). It requires double doors to be wheeled in to the room. However we can split it into two, and reassemble it if necessary. Do not fear, if we can get it to the Revolving Restaurant, at the top of Centrepoint Tower, we can take it anywhere!!!
If this is a Corporate or company function, you will click on CORPORATE CAKE ACT. All other bookings, like birthdays, booked by friends or individuals, are regarded as PRIVATE CAKE ACTS.
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COMEDY SPECIALISTS
The Jungle Chalet,
Valleyview Glen,
Cnr Valleyview Cres. & Innes Rd,
Greenwich,
SYDNEY, NSW, 2065.
AUSTRALIA.
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This page was last amended 2.7.2008.