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Jon Courtenay

The Piano, The Comedy, The Show

Jon Courtenay was born with a full head of hair. Those were the days. Both of his parents were entertainers so Jon spent a lot of his childhood backstage at theatres, often surrounded by beautiful dancers. He soon decided that if he was going to travel to sea it wasn't going to be in the Royal Navy.

At just four, Jon's talent at the piano was phenomenal although his parents didn't like being woken up that early so he often had to wait until midday before he could practice. The comedy came about when Jon realised that making people laugh could get him out of trouble and get him the best looking girls. So he decided to combine the two (piano and comedy not girls and trouble, that's a story for another day.)

Jon discovered his love of singing when he was given 2 tickets to Pavarotti then discovered it wasn't one of the Canary Islands. He went to the concert anyway, sang along and a true variety performer was born.

Having performed in front of The Duke of Edinburgh, The Earl of Devon and many other British pubs, Jon's awards cabinet at home is very impressive: Beautiful bevelled glass doors with solid mahogany shelves polished to a high gloss with top quality bees wax.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter where Jon's performed before or what other people say about him, what matters is that he's one of the most in demand entertainers on the world's top luxury cruise ships as well as appearing at various corporate functions around the UK. Look forward to the day when you get to see "That hilarious bald guy who plays the piano."

Jon Courtenay: Possibly the greatest singing, piano-playing, comedian and occasional magician. Possibly the only.