COMPANY PROFILE aCcEsS ALl AReAs
One of
a kind
Samantha Fellows,
director of the Corporate
Entertainment Professionals,
on the company’s wide-
ranging and bespoke offer
for organisers
WORDS: NICOLA MACDONALD
IF there’s one thing every event organiser wants,
it’s for their event to stand out from the crowd.
With the industry continuing to grow and
diversify at an impressive rate, suppliers are
being put under pressure to off er something new,
diff erent and innovative.
Luckily, event profs like Samantha Fellows,
founder of the Corporate Entertainment
Professionals (CEP), saw the need in the market
for a bespoke, personalised experience and set
out to fi ll that void. Late last month, Access sat
down with Fellows to get an insight into the
background of the company, and what 2018 might
hold for CEP.
How did CEP get started?
Being a previous performer myself I had a few
requests for other artists to perform alongside
me. After arranging this for quite a while I then
decided to set up a company in 2008, which
progressed into props, acts, bands across all types
of events and it stemmed from there.
What does the company do?
CEP specialises in bespoke entertainment for
all types of events such as festivals, weddings,
product launches, Christmas parties, golf clubs,
bat/bar mitzvahs, seasonal events, etc.
How has CEP grown over the years?
Exponentially. Starting off with just myself I
then grew to a three-man band, and now we have
a team of eight ladies working around the clock
to prepare and organise events all around the UK
and Europe (with some international dates too).
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What’s your USP?
Having invested a lot of money in bespoke
props we like to pride ourselves on unique, one-
of-a-kind acts. For example we are the owners
of the world’s only giant LED star with an artist
inside.
We also have the world’s largest birdcage and
martini glasses with dancers inside. Some of our
other unique acts are our giant pop-out birthday
cake complete with a singing Marylin, one off
design for Maximus LED stilt walking robot,
giant animatronic gorilla and two dinosaurs,
strolling champagne tables, LED canapé tables,
usherette tray girls, free-standing aerial hoop
with diamond base, to name a few.
What does the future hold?
We have a new in-house costume maker who is
working alongside lots of our clients and creating
lots of new unique and one off costumes, as well
as a few very large props in the making...it’s an
exciting 2018! We like to keep our props a secret
until they are fi nalised.
Why do you like working in events?
I love event organising and providing high
quality entertainment, as no one event is ever the
same. Especially when clients have a particular
vision and I am the one who can pull this
together for them. We work with 48 exclusive
performers solely contracted to CEP. All of these
are hand picked for their talents, professionalism,
punctuality and personalities and are all very fun
to work with and make all events perfect. Some of
the themes we have adhered to over the years that
have been most popular are Circus, Burlesque,
Carnival, 1920’s, Winter Wonderland, Festival,
Masquerade. AAA
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