Storyline Ceremonies
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What You’ll Love About Working with Ben for your Wedding:
Ben from Storyline Ceremonies is particularly excited to help you realise even the most unconventional ideas. From "legals only" micro-weddings to "all in" packages where the sky is the limit, the service is designed to be flexible. Ben can even stick around to handle the MC duties for your reception, keeping the great vibes going and ensuring a seamless transition from your vows to the dance floor.
Highlights of Working with Ben from Storyline Ceremonies:
About
Fresh onto the celebrancy scene, Ben is looking forward to meeting amazing couples who want to take the most important step in their relationship. He's eager to fulfil their wishes for their ceremony and explore all of the possibilities to make their big day as perfect as possible.
Ben Barruel
Owner
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$490 - Monday to Thursday Only
For the couples who value affordability and want zero fuss! You, your two witnesses, a few small words from Ben, the required legal wording, and the signing of the papers - done in under 5 minutes in the location of your choice.
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Prices starting from $490
If instead of a celebrant, you have a friend or family member you'd love to run your ceremony for you, this is the package for you! Your chosen MC will organise and run the ceremony, and I just step in to do the legal bits to make it official. A fantastic way to get a trusted loved one fully involved, and it's budget efficient, so more can be spent in other areas that also matter to you.
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Prices starting from $630
Perfect for if you and your partner just want a short and sweet ceremony (up to 10 minutes) in the location of your choice surrounded by the ones you love most. Just what you need to have a quick, personal, and intimate ceremony.
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Prices starting from $720
A timeless wedding package that will provide you with a beautiful, personalised ceremony that showcases what matters most to you and your partner, with as much consultation with me in the lead up as you'd like. Ideal for ceremonies between 10 minutes and 20 minutes, and for when you'd like to include just a bit more in your ceremony. Includes professionally printed vow cards to read from and keep!
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Prices starting from $940
The complete flexibility you need to have a brilliant, one-of-a-kind ceremony that is just right for the both of you, and has the capability to be just as magical as you'd like it to be. Vow card keepsakes are provided, out-there or unusual requests are more than welcome, and a ceremony rehearsal is included at no extra cost!
Ideal for ceremonies of any length or with extra rituals, and benefits from no additional travel costs for locations up to 120km from Brisbane's CBD.
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Prices starting from $595
As Reception MC, I help with everything from introducing speeches, interacting with guests to ensure an easy-going atmosphere, to providing film cameras and an audio guestbook for you and your guests to enjoy - all to make sure you have a flawless evening. By booking me as a Reception MC as well as your celebrant, you instantly save compared to booking a separate MC!
FAQ
As far in the future as you'd like!
The first marriage form can be signed as early as 18 months prior to your wedding and as late as 1 month (or even later in certain circumstances) prior to your wedding.
That being said, I'm more than happy to have a chat about what you need for your big, future day and get you booked in!
Besides, if you book me in now, you're booking in my current prices and don't have to worry about any increases over time!
Yes and no. If you choose my Steward package, you can have the person of your choice running your ceremony - I'll just need to step in and deliver all of the legally binding bits.
So I'll still be in touch to take care of preparing and sending off the paperwork, but otherwise, your stand-in "Celebrant for a Day" can organise everything else for you for that extra personal touch!
It's a lot shorter than people think!
The celebrant has to say the three sentences of Monitum towards the start of the ceremony which are as follows:
I am duly authorised by law to solemnise marriages according to law.
Before you are joined in marriage in my presence and in the presence of these witnesses, I am to remind you of the solemn and binding nature of the relationship into which you are now about to enter.
Marriage, according to law in Australia, is the union of 2 people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.
And then the couple has to say the Minimum Legal Vows, either by reading off a card, or by repeating line by line after the celebrant. Wording is:
I call upon the persons here present
to witness that I, (full legal name),
take thee, (partner's full legal name),
to be my lawful wedded wife (or husband, or spouse)
And that's it! You don't have to say personal vows or do a ring exchange, or anything else except for signing the paperwork at the end with your witnesses.
It's fairly straightforward:
Once the ceremony is over, I send the first three types of forms to the Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages so they can officially lodge your marriage.
Yes - for better or for worse. The exact name that appears on your passport or birth certificate needs to be what goes on your marriage forms - and said out loud on your wedding day.
That is, unless, you have officially changed your name in the past with a Change of Name Certificate.
If you have changed your name with a Change of Name Certificate, this is the new name that needs to be used. This includes a last name you took on from a previous marriage.
If you definitely don't want your current legal name to be used on your marriage forms and said aloud on your wedding day, I would highly recommend looking into the process of officially changing your name before your big day.
Nope! Finalising a divorce can be a long and painstaking process, and luckily you don't need to wait until it's finished before preparing to embark on your next marriage adventure. This means we can still meet up, sign the Notice of Intended Marriage, and organise all of the bits and pieces of the ceremony.
The important thing is that it's finalised before your big day. If it hasn't come through by your wedding day, regretfully you won't be able to become officially married to your new partner. We can still have the ceremony, but it will instead be a Commitment Ceremony, devoid of any legally binding bits.
If your wedding venue allows for pets, then absolutely!
I would recommend either tasking one of your friends to look after them during the proceedings to make sure they remain well-behaved, or if you want them involved with the cereony (such as by walking down the aisle with the rings attached to their collar), you'll similarly want to be confident that your little friend will carry out the task as perfectly as possible - and have a backup plan if things go a bit awry.
There are special vendors you can book to take care of pets during the ceremony and reception as well.
Shy of having your pets in attendance, you can still involve them by having pictures of them at the ceremony or reception. I know that my fiancé and I plan on having two "doof sticks" featuring our two pugs on the dance floor of our reception!
I believe your ceremony should be as individual as you'd like it to be! I even have concepts in mind that I'm hoping that eventually couples will ask me to help them carry out, because they all sound like so much fun! Such as:
I charge an Out-there Concepts Fee of $75 for any of the above (terms and conditions apply), which is already included in my All In package.
You don't have to, but I'd recommend it! A ceremony rehearsal is the perfect opportunity to finalise the following things:
Holding a rehearsal comes with a $120 fee, so feel free to discuss if this is something you'd benefit from!
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August 2026
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Storyline Ceremonies
What an awesome review, Courtney! Thank you so much. I wish both you and Chris all the love and happiness in the world!
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Thank you so much for leaving this lovely review, Melissa! I'm stoked I was able to help you and Warrick bring the day to life.