Darren Ruddell, director of Stand Up Speeches, is an award-winning stand-up comedian and a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning comedy writer. For the past eleven years, he’s been using his skills to write speeches and now has several hundred happy clients to his name. His experience performing throughout the UK, in some of the country’s largest venues and alongside the biggest names in comedy, has given him a unique perspective. It allows him to ensure that what’s funny on the page is just as funny on the stage. He’s also learned that no joke is so good it can’t be ruined by poor delivery. With this in mind, he offers an audio recording of your speech to help ensure that, when it’s your time to speak, your timing will be spot on.

A few testimonials. Find more at: standupspeeches.com

“Darren is an excellent speechwriter who was incredibly helpful in preparing for my Best Man’s speech. He was highly efficient and very humorous, understanding exactly what I wanted to accomplish and executing it with great efficiency. The result was a tremendous success. Thank you Darren!"

Ryan

“Just wanted to give a big thanks for the speech It went down amazingly well and I had people coming up to me all night saying it’s the best bestman speech they have ever heard. One guy even suggested I take up public speaking as a profession as it went over so well.It went better than I could have ever imagined, thanks again."

Chris

“The speech was Brilliant. I wouldn’t be able to come up with deserving superlatives to describe how well it was received by Nick and everyone else. The use of the photos was perfect and how the speech all linked up was genius. The balance between jokes, references to the bride and Ireland was great and most importantly of all the heart felt paragraph at the end was so well received. It honestly felt like all 152 people congratulated me afterwards on how good it was."

Malcolm

“Just a quick note, the speech went really well. I was nervous, being the third speech after the brides brother and my brother but it was fantastic. The photos went down really well, everyone thought they were hilarious. Thank you so much for your help, it made the day very special."

Darren

“The speeches and wedding day in general were a success, thank you again for your words! I had lots of compliments during the evening reception,and I’ve had a few more since."

Craig

"I just got back from a lovely wedding. The Best Man’s speech was a definite high point. I lost count of how many people came to me afterwards to congratulate me. The end result was much, much, much better than it would have been if I’d done it myself. Thank you so much Darren, I really appreciate your work."

Chris

"We had an excellent wedding day and the speech went down extremely well. If you get a chance, here is a link to a selection of photos taken by our photographer during the day. You can see the reaction on some faces during my speech!! Thanks for everything. Your help was invaluable and the speech well written. I enjoyed the experience of delivering a good one."

Tony