The Brewery’s Christmas Package

Contraband International Ltd provided all of the entertainment for The Brewery’s Christmas party packages in December 2006. We offered three different themes for clients to choose from: 1920’s, 1980’s and Futuristic, with 71 parties in total.

Our aim was to provide The Brewery with entertainment that focussed on the theme with real attention to detail and creativity, from flair bartenders wearing 80’s sweatbands to casino croupiers complete with 1920’s gangster spats on their shoes. We aimed to go beyond the normal standard of entertainment and provide an event that was more impressive and memorable than our competitors, as well as offering real value for money. 

We held two presentation days for The Brewery to showcase our entertainment. The Brewery invited their clients to the showcase so that they could decide which theme and which entertainers to choose.

All of the performers and staff were in costume. For the 1920’s theme we had magicians dressed as shoe-shine boys with flat caps polishing guests shoes before performing tricks, fake paparazzi in 1920’s costumes , a comedy Charlie Chaplin mime artist mix and mingling with guests, actresses masquerading as flower sellers, an actor dressed as a Russian gangster complete with violin case, keystone cops busting the party with whistles and handcuffing the singer of the band, Dirty Harry actor, casino tables with croupiers wearing gangster spats, compare dressed as a 1920’s gentleman with monocle, powder puff girls in the toilets helping guests to touch-up their make-up, a tarot reader dressed in 20’s clothes, and a cabaret show performed by a troupe of flapper girls (see photos).

For the 1980’s party package we supplied flair bartenders dressed in 80’s clothes complete with wrist bands, 80’s break dancers, a hula hoop dancer, a human beat-boxer and 80’s DJ.

The Futuristic party package included LED poi and juggling performances, remote control Christmas trees including baubles used as raffle tickets, caricaturists, chocolate fountains, karaoke machine, arcade games and simulators, futuristic stilt walkers, Titan the robot, walkabout comedy astronauts, UFO walkabout act, a dark star angel body statue and Stormtroopers (see photos).

The events were hugely successful, with both The Brewery and their end clients extremely happy with the results.

Here are some comments from our client, The Brewery:

'Contraband has been a major asset to the Brewery and has contributed to the Brewery's many successes over the last year, including entertaining over 19,000 guests during the festive season. The team continue to provide innovate ideas and solutions which are key to our own concept development and staging truly unique events. I always find the team to be helpful, enthusiastic and creative'
 
'Contraband have helped create some key events at the Brewery. The team have used their unique event industry experience to ensure that our events are more exciting than ever' Sarah Dorrington at The Brewery

Here is a comment from one of the clients after their Christmas party:
 
'The evening was enjoyed by all and the Eighties theme has been the best yet - we were particularly impressed by the DJ'
Merrill Lynch

Please not that all of the photos included are taken from our Christmas events at The Brewery.