Lenny Henry's 30 plus years in show business as an award winning comedian, documentary maker, communicator and founding member of ‘Comic Relief’ have equipped him for more than just the stand up comedy, acting, writing, producing for which he has become renowned.

Throughout the years Lenny has been present at some of the most amazing events in history, two Mandela days as co-host, various Red Nose days, and performances for Amnesty International. Lenny has also travelled far and wide for Comic Relief fundraising purposes. His career has also encompassed an epoch in British show business history, where black performers and programme makers have been sadly, few and far between.

Lenny has also been a firm advocate for cultural diversity, both at the BBC and throughout the entertainment field. He sees mentoring, leadership, goal setting and teamwork as the central tenets to every aspect of his career and the things he cares about.

Lenny has completed a BA Hons (open) in English Literature with the Open University, and, if you like, he can tell you how he did it. He is also prepared to talk about ‘Comic Relief’, cultural diversity in the work place and team work.

Lenny's TV show - 'Lennyhenry.tv' aired on BBC in early 2008. Lenny has recently partaken in a number of Radio 4 Projects including ‘Othello’, ‘Bad Faith’ and ‘What’s So Great About?’. He also recorded ‘I’m Still The Same Paul’ for BBC Three.

After finishing his critically acclaimed performance of ‘Othello’ in its West End run, Lenny has much to look forward to in 2011. He can soon be seen touring his new show, ‘Cradle to Rave’ from mid January to mid March 2011 and finished hosting ‘The Magicians’ for BBC1 in December. Lenny is also looking forward to filming Macbeth in 2012.



TESTIMONIALS

“Just a note to let you know how absolutely thrilled we all were with your wonderful performance at our conference this week. It really got us off to a fantastic start, setting the tone for the whole event and putting us all on a ‘high’ that we really haven’t come down from yet! And how you managed to get so many laughs out of the briefing we sent you, we’ll never know! Everyone has told me how brilliant they thought you were.... Thanks for making our conference a great one, Lenny”.
Bi-Annual Conference on University Purchasing

“The overall feedback has been very positive indeed and I must admit that I have never seen the Networkshop audience quite so enlivened at a Conference Dinner!...His musical session with Ken on the Guitar was great fun ...! We loved the JANET community renaming – ‘The JANETERS’. A real gem and one that has caught on since, I think. How do we follow Lenny Henry next year for this event?!”
Janet Networkshop 38 Conference Dinner

“The event was a triumph and in no small way thanks to Lenny. He was absolutely great. He changed the mood as ever with his stand up and was really good with all the winners of awards in the presentations. What a pro!”
The Union Learning Fund Awards

“Needless to say, he was brilliant! The feedback is now starting to roll in and we’ve had nothing but positive comments about his performances and the event as a whole. From me personally, a big thank you...I would very much like to work with both Lenny and John again!”

“Although I was still very fragile from the previous night’s escapades, I have never laughed that much ever...really ever!!! Lenny Henry rocked.”

“Compere Lenny Henry was an ideal person for the job, he kept everybody [all 2000 + people] entertained.”

“I absolutely loved Lenny Henry. I think he was fantastic! He definitely made the conference fun, and presented very well indeed!”
Annual Flight Centre International Conference

Comedian, presenter, writer, producer and one of the founding members of ‘Comic Relief’, Lenny Henry’s personality is as big as his heart. He has a genuine ability to make people at ease around him which makes him an excellent speaker and host.