Barrie Draws Caricatures

Barrie Draws Caricatures is an expert caricaturist who will have your guests in stitches with his quick fire caricatures and sense of humour, with 10 years experience and 1000's of 5 star reviews Barrie will make your day a hit!

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Full Biography

Live caricatures are fantastic way to entertain your guests at a wedding or party. Whether as the perfect ice breaker for a drinks reception or some entertainment for your Gala / charity event  or Christmas party Caricatures are a sure-fire way to ‘wow’ your guests.

I am one of the top caricaturists in the United Kingdom the and overall winner of the prestigious Caricon International Caricature Convention and more recently winner of Hitched Entertainer of the Year 4 years running including 2024!  I am able to produce one high quality caricature every 2-3 minutes that many clients keep forever as a souvenir of their day.

I focus strongly on the entertainment value that I can bring to an event by mingling and chatting with your guests while drawing them. I aim to get a laugh from a group or table before moving on to the next group and draw the next 'victim'. This means that unlike many other caricaturists who work from an fixed easel there are no queues to wait in and I am  able to entertain large groups in a short period of time.

I am a full-time professional caricaturist with a decade of experience so can be relied upon to provide an outstanding service, that is more entertaining, faster and of higher quality than my competitors.

There are two types of caricatures I offer

Digital:  this is a good option if you want more of a wow factor and something more modern; the images are emailed or air dropped to the client and take about 6-7 minutes to draw.  This can be connected to a monitor at extra cost and is a good way of attracting customers to a certain location: a trade stand for example, (I can work either be from a fixed booth or mobile)

Mix and Mingle:  I will walk around drawing quick fire portraits this is great as I can provide entertainment and draw a portrait in a 3-4 minutes this helps to create a festive atmosphere and I can move to where they clients are.

Lineup

Default lineup: 1 performer

Weddings; Birthdays; Bah/ Bat Mitzvahs; Retirement Parties; Corporate Events; Private Parties.

Performance Times

Up to 2 hours


From £549 + travel

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Up to 3 hours


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Up to 4 hours


From £732 + travel

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Prices

Price from £549 + travel from Newcastle upon Tyne

Based on 1 person performing 1 x 2 hour session

  • North East From £549
  • North West From £634
  • Yorkshire and the Humber From £634
  • East Midlands From £653
  • East of England From £653
  • Scotland From £653
  • South East From £653
  • West Midlands From £653
  • South West From £718
  • Wales From £718
  • Northern Ireland From £758
  • Republic of Ireland From £758

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6 Customer Reviews

Performance quality: 5 stars
Sound quality: 5 stars
Behaviour: 5 stars
Communication: 5 stars
Audience engagement: 5 stars
Value for money: 5 stars
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Brilliant Caricatures

5 stars - Barrie Draws Caricatures are Highly Recommended
booked Barrie Draws Caricatures for their Wedding in Northumberland October 2024

“Barrie was a great entertainer at our wedding, superb with children and adults. Everyone went home clutching their drawings!”


Highly Recommended Entertainer

5 stars - Barrie Draws Caricatures are Highly Recommended
booked Barrie Draws Caricatures for their Wedding

“What an amazing experience we had yesterday and thank you so much for the fantastic art you produced for our guests and ourselves. You looked fab and could not have asked for any more. Would highly recommend you x”


Newton Hall Caricatures

5 stars - Barrie Draws Caricatures are Highly Recommended
booked Barrie Draws Caricatures for their Wedding

“We booked Barrie James for our recent wedding and he was fabulous and went down an absolute treat with our guests who loved his caricatures. He is so quick with his drawings and all our guests were talking about their caricatures all day, there were lots of laughs about the drawings!! It was a fabulous ice breaker for guests whilst we were having our formal photographs taken. If you want something that little different that all your guests will love (and something for them to take home) then I would certainly recommend you book Barrie x”


Cumbrian caricatures

5 stars - Barrie Draws Caricatures are Highly Recommended
booked Barrie Draws Caricatures for their Wedding

“We booked Barrie for our wedding & from the first enquiry to the actual night he was an absolute pleasure to deal with. Professional but totally personal too, accommodating & went that little bit extra for us. Everyone loved their pictures on the night - wish I could have kept them all!! Barrie also did a drawing for us from some pictures prior to the wedding, which I gave to my groom as a surprise - we both love it & it’s already on the wall. Thank you so much Barrie, you totally rock !”


Would recommend him for any occasion

5 stars - Barrie Draws Caricatures are Highly Recommended
booked Barrie Draws Caricatures for their Wedding

“Barrie was fantastic at our wedding on Saturday. Our guests were all over the moon with their drawings. Would recommend him for any occasion xx”

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