Celebrant Tamara Burgess

It’s my pleasure to offer the full range of civil celebrant services – whether you’re wanting to celebrate your love together now; a life that is just beginning, or a life already lived, I’ll work with you to create a loving, individual and memorable occasion. Let's face it, cookie-cutter ceremonies are about as appealing as stale wedding cake. You deserve words that actually mean something, rituals that feel right for you, and someone who'll remember your names (harder than you'd think, apparently). I bring warmth, a dash of theatre (former theatre director here – I promise not to go full Shakespeare unless requested), and an almost pathological need to get your story exactly right. My couples tell me they feel like we're friends by the end of the process. My funeral families say I helped them find their person in the grief. Both make me grateful and rather pleased with my career choice.

Because life is for living, it's not a rehearsal! We only get one bash at this and we all deserve to enjoy fantastic, beautiful, celebratory moments as well as having to deal with the darker ones along the way! Thirty years ago there was no choice for weddings; church or registry office, that was it. Now we all have the chance to be a part of an event that truly reflects who we are as couples. We can craft anything we like and turn our dreams into a reality. Wow! I have worked in theatre and event production for all of my career, before finding out about being a Celebrant. I'm nosey and able to get every last detail of a story to enable me to create something original to you.

Sam and Shaun said, "We were delayed by about an hour because the heavens opened, meant to be lucky, which Tamara took in her stride and organized the guests and calmed myself and Shaun down. The Sun came out and then Tamara took control in such a fabulous way with wit and charm and got the ceremony off to a start. We can’t thank her enough for making our day So special. She was not only professional but very personal and humorous, which we wanted, in her ceremony script. She had obviously done her homework. The ceremony was incredible and something that we shall always treasure and remember. People are still talking about the wedding and how fabulous it was. We can’t recommend Tamara highly enough for anyone who is thinking of getting married or renewing their vows."

You want a beautiful, bespoke, modern wedding/blessing/vow renewal ceremony that's stylish, original, and reflects exactly who you are as a couple. You want to take your time enjoying those precious moments when you vow to be together through thick and thin. You want everyone to hear your love story and how you arrived here today. What you don't want is some generic script that could belong to literally anyone, or someone reading your names off a card like they've never met you before. You need a celebrant-led wedding. And I happen to be rather good at those!