The best impersonators in Brisbane
Settle one thing before you look at anybody. Do you want a character who moves through the room, poses for photographs and never performs a set, or a performer with written material who needs a microphone and a slot in the running order? They are separate jobs, and booking the wrong one is the commonest mistake in this category.
Brisbane's pool is not large, and a good share of the work here is corporate and promotional rather than weddings. Put your date in front of several performers at once, and if the character you had in mind is not available, ask what else each of them does, because a different character often solves the night just as well.
Top picks in Brisbane
Top picks are the acts in this category in Brisbane, with premium listings first (no visible client reviews or ratings in this list).
Questions people ask about impersonators in Brisbane
How much does an impersonator cost in Brisbane?
Preparation is a bigger share of this figure than performance is, because a character built on heavy makeup can be two hours in the chair before anyone sees them. After that it is the length of the appearance, the drive across a city that sprawls from Redcliffe to Ipswich, and whether you want two characters together. Hardly anyone here lists an opening figure, so put the brief to several performers and read the replies side by side.
Does an impersonator sing?
Not automatically, and this is where Brisbane bookers go wrong most often. The look, the voice and the mannerisms are one trade; performing the songs is another one entirely and those acts are listed separately. So if the picture in your head is a room turning towards a microphone for a set, use the word singing in your very first line.
How long should the character stay?
Once everyone in the room has their photo, the novelty is spent, and that point arrives sooner than most people expect. Two shorter appearances with a gap between them hold a Brisbane function room far better than one long stretch, and the performer is less likely to be melting inside a costume by the end. Write the blocks into the quote, or you end up paying somebody to stand about in full character with nothing left to do.
How do I judge these acts when almost none of them show a rating?
Almost nothing on this page shows a rating, which makes the footage your audition. Watch it with the sound up, because the look buys about ten seconds and everything after that is the voice and the walk. Then read the reply to your enquiry: a performer who asks about your room, your guests and what must not be joked about has done this at a real function.
Booking tips
A Queensland summer is brutal in full costume
Wigs, padding and prosthetics in January humidity will cook a performer in twenty minutes, especially outdoors. Move the appearance to after the sun drops and give them somewhere air conditioned to wait in character.
Give them a lockable room, a mirror and a power point
Getting into character takes longer than anyone allows for, and a performer changing in a venue bathroom arrives rattled. Sort the room out with the venue at the same time you confirm your booking, because finding one on the night is nobody's idea of a plan.
Describe the act honestly in anything you publish
If your Brisbane event is ticketed, promoted or filmed, the wording should say impersonator or lookalike rather than naming the person as though they were turning up. The joke works better when everybody knows, and nobody can say afterwards that they were misled.