‘How To Change Your Life and Still Make it to Lunch’ sees Harry Sideropoulos – MC Conference Entertainer talking about his own ‘Rude Awakening’. It’s honest, sincere, theatrical and very, very funny, succeeding to inspire even the biggest of sceptics.
Harry Sideropoulos is a motivational performer and entertainer who mixes story, music, and humor to create high energy sessions that land practical lessons. He focuses on human connection, confidence, and actionable routines that teams can test the next day. Harry is popular for openings, closers, and events that need a lift while delivering business relevant messaging.
He designs content to suit culture, event tone, and audience outcomes. His sessions work well for conferences and leadership days where emotional engagement plus clear next steps matter.
Harry Sideropoulos is an award-winning stage actor, singer, voice- over artist, speaker, business man and foodie, celebrating over 20 years on stage.
He started his public career many years ago on 94, 7 Highveld Stereo’s Rude Awakening Breakfast Show and soon became an integral part of the show for 6 successful years, before resigning to focus solely on his career on stage.
Since then, Harry’s has performed and produced a multitude of shows in his home-town Johannesburg as well as frequent appearances in America and Canada. He loves comedy and loves to sing jazz and blues and is the recipient of 3 Naledi Theatre Awards with a further 2 Naledi Theatre Award nominations for his work on stage.
More recently Harry Sideropoulos has launched his brand of unique pop-up entertainment experiences around the country. He’s mad about food, but never wanted to run a full time restaurant, instead he creates pop-up culinary experiences for the corporate and private market, fusing both his passion for food and his love of entertaining.
Harry is also a very sought after MC with a unique approach to his entertaining. With his deep, gravelly voice, he becomes your event ring master, combining his MC duties with comedy, song, audience interaction with playful frivolity, making his guests feel as though they’ve spent an evening entertained by a friend.
Harry can also be booked as a key-note speaker for corporate companies, using his skills as a performer and a comic to fuel thought, encourage dialogue and to bring down the house with laughter with his very unique, larger than life personality.
The Sunday Times newspaper has said of Harry “Tasting his food and experiencing his entertainment in his signature raspy voice – live, should be on everyone’s bucket list.”
And The Star Newspaper wrote “He’s hysterically funny! He sings like a raunchy angel and dances like a Broadway butterfly”
Harry Sideropoulos is a passionate cook and he has recently launched a Mediterranean cooking experience weaving stories, anecdotes, song and dance-inspires from his memories of watching his mother in the kitchen. Harry’s unique style of cooking and storytelling has created an amazing demand for his live stage cooking shows. Harry Sideropoulos – MC Entertainer has performed around the country presenting his food entertainment.
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In this video, Harry Sideropoulos (playfully calling himself “Harrison Robles” or “Mr. Sood”) gives an energetic, comedic introduction to his unique brand of entertainment. He explains that he is a performer, actor, theatre producer, singer, MC, and passionate cook, with a love for designing bespoke entertainment experiences. His style blends music, storytelling, comedy, and culinary events, tailored to client needs across South Africa.
Harry highlights his cooking-themed team-building parties, which combine food preparation with performance and audience engagement. He jokes about his love of dressing up and creating characters—from flamboyant figures in lipstick to comedic caricatures of CEOs’ spouses. He stresses that his goal is to make audiences feel as though a friend is hosting them, with warmth, laughter, and inclusivity at the center of each performance.
The video showcases clips of Harry on stage, moving seamlessly from stand-up comedy and audience banter to musical numbers. He jokes about his ability to dance—“thank God I’m a white man with rhythm”—before transitioning into soulful renditions of classic songs. Harry emphasizes his belief that truth is funnier than fiction, and his anecdotes resonate because they are drawn from real life.
By the end, he promises clients and audiences “one of the best days or nights of your life,” wrapping his introduction with humor, song, and an invitation to experience his eclectic entertainment style.
00:00 – Introduction: “My name is Harrison Robles… entertainer, actor, singer, MC, foodie.”
00:30 – Team-building cooking parties and bespoke entertainment explained.
01:05 – Dressing up in characters, comedy sketches, anecdotes about CEOs and diverse audiences.
01:50 – Hosting style: making clients feel like friends.
02:15 – Comedy clips: audience banter, playful interruptions (“Hello, can you hear me?”).
02:40 – Dance moments, lighthearted humor about rhythm and movement.
03:10 – Musical interludes: jazz, big band-style performances.
04:20 – Emphasis on truth, storytelling, and thinking outside the box.
04:50 – Closing promise: delivering one of the best nights or days of the audience’s life.
He fuses emcee duties with theatrical performance, comedy, music and audience interaction, creating “ring-master” style hosting.
Yes, he can be booked as a keynote speaker: bringing comedic and theatrical flair to motivational themes.
Indeed: pop-up culinary experiences, Mediterranean cooking storytelling, food + theatre shows form a core part of his entertainment repertoire
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