How It All Started

There was once a scrawny boy called James Sinclair who lived in Elm Park.  At School, he was a good student, but James was always at his best when he was making people laugh and keeping them entertained.  He had always known that he wanted to be a children's entretainer and then at 15 years of age something strange happened....James became 'Jimbo The Partyman' and from his Nan's spare room, 'The Partyman Company' was born!

Being very business minded, James soon realised that having property would be a huge asset to him, so he bought his first house in Brentwood. By 2005, he was extremely busy and realised that he could venture out on his own rather than work alongside the entertainer he had been with. So, he bought a second house in Eastwood and unofficially named it 'Partyman Towers'. James took on other entertainers to work for him, thus 'Active Aaron' (James' brother from another mother!), Crazy Legs, Marky Mark and AJ soon became part of 'The Partyman Team'!

James and Aaron had always spoken about opening an indoor play centre, then after many days pondering one night in a Basildon car park, 'Partyman World Of Play' was born! In September 2006, James was showing plans of 'Partyman World of Play' to all the parents and children at his parties. James and Aaron travelled the length and breadth of the country visiting play centres to see what families wanted from there, and decided to do it bigger and better than the rest!

On 25th May 2006, at just 21 years and 11 months, James opened 'Partyman World of Play' in Basildon. Partyman World of Play is the ONLY playcentre in the UK to be opened that is operated entirely by professional children's entertainers, and also the first of its kind to be opened and owned by someone so young. In just the first year of trading alone, Partyman World of Play had a whopping £1 million turnover (calm down we said turnover, not profit!).

Then in July 2008, 'The Partyman Company' and 'Partyman World of Play' proudly became winners at 'The Basildon Business Awards' in the category of 'New Company'.

That was the beginning of 'Jimbo The Partyman', 'The Partyman Company' and 'Partyman World of Play'. To date, 'The Partyman Company' is growing to be one of the best children's and adult entertainment specialists in the country and we're always striving to achieve that extra step towards complete customer satisfaction! 'Partyman World Of Play' is a vibrant and successful children's indoor play centre with centres in Basildon where it started and also a second centre in Lakeside Shopping Centre, which opened in March 2009, offering the same fantastic play services, with the addition of a Drop And Shop Crèche, and also home to 'Twizzle Tops Day Nursery', Partyman's own nursery services with friendly professional staff. 'Partyman World of Play, Lakeside/'Twizzletops Day Nursery' are proud to announce that they are finalists in the 2010 Thurrock Business Awards in the category of 'New Company'.

In January 2010, the new 2,500 sq ft Partyman Superstore opened next door to 'Partyman World of Play' in Basildon which we are sure will be one of the best party superstores in Essex and one of the best in the UK for it's online services.

The Future For The Partyman Company.....

In July 2010, the third 'Partyman World of Play' will be opening in Wembley. This new 'Partyman World of Play' will have an outdoor area that will match the size and provide the same enjoyment as its indoor area – it will be very unique. It will also have the second 'Twizzle Tops Day Nursery.

From Nan's spare room in 2000 to now in 2010, James has a hugely successful entertainment company with six full time entertainers (and growing!), two (soon to be three) truly magnificent indoor play centres, one (soon to be two) amazing day nurseries and the most amazingly friendly staff you've ever seen!

So in a nutshell, the future is very bright for 'The Partyman Company' with new entertainers being added, new services for parties all over the UK, new play centres, new day nurseries and an exciting new Theatre show!

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