NINE LIVES

The Newsletter for Bob “the Cat” Bevan MBE

After Dinner Speaker – Comedian – Awards Host and MC – Conference Presenter and Interviewer

Radio and TV Presenter –Author – Journalist – Poet – Script and Speechwriter

NEW! "BUSINESS OF COMEDY" Lecture for Conferences

NEW ! ONE MAN SHOW for Sports Clubs

It’s been a hard year for “the Cat” as President of Kent. Here he is watching them win at Glamorgan. Now he’s fully awake and ready for the winter circuit around the world including Australia and the West Indies.

HEADLINES: From entertaining the Swedish Government in Stockholm and a dinner full of Judges and Magistrates in Worcester to a lecture on the BUSINESS OF COMEDY and a One Man Show at Maidstone United Football Club – the Versatile Cat!

WHY ARE THESE TOP SWEDISH POLITICIANS FANS OF “The Cat”?

“I long for the day when George Osborne has an earring and a small ponytail”

Left to right Johan Gernandt, Chairman of the Bank of Sweden, Anders Borg, Finance Minister, Carl Bildt, Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister, Marianne Lundius, President of the Supreme Court

Not many comics and after dinner speakers are as versatile as “the Cat” as was shown in Stockholm in September.

Johan Gernandt (see above) spent some time in England as a young man and loved the music hall and English comedians. So for his 70th birthday he hired a dinner boat for 150 people and sailed round Stockholm with his friends and colleagues of the calibre of those shown above.

Bob spent two days in Stockholm testing what material would work and had a letter from Johan saying “this first, as far as I know, appearance of an English comedian (in Sweden) was a great success.”

BUSINESS OF COMEDY - Bob has developed a brand new conference lecture both entertaining and informative about the whole business of comedy, how he started in the business, has developed his timing and delivery, how he researches for each event, Sweden being a good example. It is especially suitable for the after-lunch sessions at conferences.

JUNE

At Crystal Palace FC Business Club delivering his “Business of Comedy” lecture. -“Found it fascinating” Phil Alexander, CPFC CEO.

Hosted the Sir Bobby Robson Golf Classic in Portugal -“Your humour and one liners were exquisite” – Roger Eastoe, Organiser

Major Diabetes Golf Day at Stoke Park -“Many thanks for last night , your after dinner turn was as great as ever and went down very well with the audience which included a very high number of women - Colin Brumpton, Patron JDRF

JULY

Charity Lunch at Brighton Races -“Smashing Day. Many thanks” – Chairman, Lord’s Taverners

High Sheriff of Kent’s Garden Party followed by “One Man Show” at a Dinner for Maidstone United FC -“Thanks for a wonderful evening” – Nadine Miller, Comm. Manager

Luncheon at the Merchant Taylors Hall with Mike Gatting, President of the MCC

80th Birthday Lunch for former England Cricket Captain MJK Smith - “You made his day. Best speaker ever” – Lady Coe

Rollingsons City Solicitors Golf Day

AUGUST

Captain’s Charity Dinner at Dale Hill GC

Dinner at Worcester for Judges and Magistrates -“Thank you so much for a great evening” – Peter Jewell, Magistrates Association

Tony Hadley Charity Golf Day at Peterborough -“Great auction and gags” - Tony Hadley

SEPTEMBER

Seve Ballesteros Foundation for Cancer Research Golf Day – “Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation. We had great guest feedback and we were lucky to have you there running the auction. The audience obviously enjoyed your time on stage and I had a job to concentrate on my job as I was laughing so

much”. – Sophie Cannon, Foundation Manager

Wentworth GC Captain’s Charity Dinner – “Thanks so much for your entertainment.” - Alan Curtis, Captain

COMING UP includes

•    President of Kent CCC until April
•   Long Room Dinner at Lord’s
•   Kent CCC Awards Dinner
•   Variety Club Dinner for Jarvis Astaire
•   East Berks Golf Dinner
•   Old Emanuel Dinner
•   Gerrards Cross GC Dinner
•   Burford GC Dinner
•   Graham Norton Lord’s Taverners Lunch
•   Travel Luncheon Club
•   Vaudeville Golf Society Dinner with Bobby Davro
•   Winchester Club Cricket Dinner
•   Stamford GC Dinner
•   One Man Show at Enfield Town FC
•   Sundowner with Sir Ian Botham, Adelaide, Australia
•   Corporate Xmas Dinner, Melbourne
•   Xmas Day Lunch for ITC Sports, Melbourne
•   Boxing Day Breakfast MCG (for the 4th time)
•   Surfers Charity Lunch, Gold Coast 2014
•   WIndies 2014 ITC Cruise with David Lloyd and Paul Allott
•   Roast Beef Club Luncheon 2014
•   Sussex County Cricket League 2014
•   Lord’s Taverners Belfast Xmas Lunch 2014