GRINSTOCK COMEDY - February 13th 2020 (Thursday Night Show)

FEB 13^TH GRINSTOCK COMEDY CLUB LINE UP

Welcome to 2020 and another year of award-winning comedy on your doorstep in West Sussex. Now in our 11^th season of providing comedy to the masses and twice nominated for Comedy Club of the South two years running by National TV & Radio stations Absolute Radio & Dave TV.

Now the largest independent club in the South East monthly outside London.

Always guaranteed to be a line-up to rival even the biggest comedy clubs in the country and all on your doorstep for less than the price of a train ticket to London or Brighton.

If you’ve yet to try out the award winning Grinstock Comedy Club then you’re truly missing out. Come see what has us still going stronger than ever a 11 years after we started, with around 200 plus attending each month and running out of the stunning Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Felbridge Hotel in East Grinstead, with ample free parking and a full monthly food menu on offer and drinks you can even order by text from your seat.

Come see what has over 78% of our audience coming back year after year, month after month.

We look forward to welcoming you to one of our excellent award-winning shows. Please see below the line-up for our first show of 2020 with our DOUBLE HEADLINER night to kick things off in 2020.

MC Gary Tro

★★★★★ - THREE WEEKS

★★★★ - WHATSONSTAGE

★★★★ – VENUE

Expect comic genius - LondonCalling.com

As seen on BBC iPlayer and heard on BBC Radio 4, stand-up Gary Tro ("expect comedic genius" - LondonCalling.com) is an exciting breakthrough act making waves on the UK and international comedy circuit with his joyously angry and hilariously anarchic style of comedy.

In addition to stand-up, Gary is something of a gifted all-rounder with skills including acting, presenting and voice over work. He’s also a talented improviser and performs as one half of nerd-culture double act The Just Us League

A regular on the touring circuit, in 2017 Gary supported Tez Ilyas on national tour and took his own show ‘SupercalifragilisticexpiGaryTrocious’ to festivals all across the UK and at the Charleston Comedy Festival USA. In 2018, Gary is making his Australian touring debut with his new show ‘Gary Tro-ke Karaoke’.

 Newcomer - Ben Robson 

South Coast Comedian of the Year RUNNER UP 2018

Co-creator and MC of Chortle Award winning GOAT comedy

"Hilariously funny. Will make you cry with laughter" - Broadway Baby

Some people have it and some people don’t. Ben Robson definitely does! His comedy style is best described as playful, high energy silliness, leaving audiences gleefully in suspense over what’s coming next. Often taking the p**s out of comedy itself in his set. Very unusual and unique act, well worth seeing. Ben is the Co-creator and MC of Chortle Award winning ‘Best Club Night in the South 2018’ for GOAT comedy.

What the press have to say:

"Hilariously funny. Will make you cry with laughter" - Broadway Baby

"Keeps audiences engaged and entertained with his quirky sense of humour and charm" - Collin Baxter, Arundel Jailhouse

"A Super fun, confident and charismatic act with a sickening level of natural ability" - Chris Young, Hastings Fringe Comedy Festival.

MIDDLE – Lindsey Santoro

BBC New Comedy Award Semi Finalist 2016

Funny Women Regional Finalist 2018

Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year Semi Finalist 2018

English Comedian of the Year Finalist 2018

Lindsey Santoro has taken the circuit by storm since making her debut in 2014. Still one of the best hidden gems on the circuit Lindsey, who hails from Birmingham, has in her short time earned a place in the finals of both The English Comedian Of The Year and The Funny Women competitions. Not only has she done that but Lindsey has now progressed into paid work with bookers such as Buzz Comedy Clubs, Spikey Mike (15’s), Who Dares Grins & The Comedy Lounge in Hull.

Lindsey has also popped up regularly on the radio appearing on BBC Radio 2 & 4 and regularly on Brum Radio & BBC West Midlands. On top of that she has performed as part of the ‘Best In Class’ show at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe and has appeared a grand total of four times at the Birmingham Comedy Festival, including her debut hour solo show in 2018, & three times at The Leicester Comedy Festival.

HEADLINER – Ignacio Lopez

Show Me The Funny – ITV

Up The Creek One To Watch 2011 Finalist

Last Minute Comedy New Act of The Year 2011 Runner-up

Laughing Horse New Act of The Year 2011 Semi-Finalist

Ignacio Lopez has been wowing audiences internationally with his individual style and high gag-rate since 2010. A crazy mixture of Welsh & Spanish Ignacio has become one of the most unique voices on the UK circuit. A frequent headliner and MC in top comedy clubs all over the UK, Ignacio also performs regularly at corporate functions, private shows, military gigs, sports dinners, art centres and festivals. Ignacio soon gained TV recognition in 2011 when he appeared on ITV’s ‘Show Me The Funny‘, and since then he has gone on to become a regular face on BBC Wales Sesh, racking up over 10 million hits for his sketches.

This has contributed to sell out shows at comedy festivals in Edinburgh, Brighton, Cardiff, Reading & Neath. In 2016 Ignacio produced and hosted a comedy series for Made Television called ‘Comedy Sheep Stand-Up’, which was the first show to be broadcast across the UK network in a prime time weekend slot.

Not only has Ignacio done all that but he has also provided tour support for Tom Stade performed all over the globe including in Spain, Germany, Norway, Greece, Turkey & Malta and has also racked up an impressive six solo hour shows. Oh did I also mention he can perform is Spanish & Welsh?

TV Appearances:

Noches De La Comedia – Montaña – 2012

The Lowdown – Made Television – 2015

Bad Press – Made Television – 2016

Comedy Sheep Live – Made Television – 2016

Wales at The Edinburgh Fringe – BBC Wales – 2018

The Buzz – BOOM TV – 2018

Stand-Up Sesh  – BBC Wales – 2019