thursday 28TH APRIL
TEA & THYME CAFE
HASSOCKS, WEST Sussex
OUR AWARD WINNING COMEDY NIGHTS ARRIVE IN HASSOCKS, WEST SUSSEX
Our monthly live comedy night happening every month at the fantastic venue of TEA & THYME CAFE located in Hassocks, West Sussex. A real local loved venue with great food and drinks available each and every day.
Our first night was a sell out and we expect this night to be no different, grab them tickets quick and if you want our suggestion, grab tickets with food, the food is amazing.
Always guaranteed a fantastic line-up of acts, Grinstock now in our 13th year as the South East’s largest Independent comedy club providers. Twice nominated for comedy club of the South 2 years Running, by National TV & Radio stations, DAVE TV & Absolute Radio. So you can rest assured, that your in safe hands when it comes to award winning comedy shows monthly.
Check-out all of the acts performing at the next night of award winning comedy below.
IF ONLINE TICKETS HAVE SOLD OUT, PLEASE CALL THE VENUE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE MORE AVAILABLE AT THE VENUE ON 07903203311
The 4 Award Winning comedians
H E A D L I N E R
LATEEF LOVE JOY
Nominee Best Comedian Pride Of Africa Awards
Nominee BECA Awards Best Male Comedian
Nominee Emerging Talent Screen Nation Awards
"Magnetic Stage Presence" Time Out
"A charismatic comedy maestro" The Metro
"An exhilarating performer with a contemporary style the oozes star quality" Evening Standard
Lateef is an extremely gifted entertainer, who made his show business debut as a witty 12 year old on ITV's famous morning gameshow "Mousetrap". After that experience on the big screen he has never looked back. Not many performers can boast of having exceptional skills in all the main areas of the performing arts, lateef has these multi-faceted skills in abundance!
As an Actor he has trained at the legendary Young Actors Theatre and to date has work on a range of Feature Film, TV, Radio and Theatre projects, both in the UK and internationally, and has recently completed writing, starring, and producing has own comedy sketch show pilot "HeSaidSheSaid".
Lateef also has tremendous comedic talent and is one of the most unique and distinctive acts on the comedy circuit, and vastly gaining the reputation of becoming a force to to reckoned with, both on the Black, Mainstream, and International comedy circuits. Lateef played to sold out shows at the Oude Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam and the Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam when he toured Holland and has featured in many of the UK's top comedy clubs and venues.
In addition to this Lateef has also recently made International Stand-up debuts in Belgium, Nigeria, Jersey, Sweden, Norway, and South Africa as well as taking New York by storm when he performed at the legendary Comic Strip, Times Square Comedy Club, and The Comedy Celler in Greenwich Village, and has also played the World Famous Comedy Store in LA in addition to the Improv and Laugh Factory comedy clubs.
MC FOR THE EVENING
AARON TWITCHEN
"Seriously talented. Hilarious, warm, energetic... the kind of new act that should have talent scouts excited and other comedians feeling nervous." - The Skinny
"Positive, fun, feel-good... Probably the best free fringe show I've seen" – Scotsgay
Twitchen is an assured stand-up and navigates both his material and his venue with style...He is a flexible improviser, in tune with the spirit of live comedy" – Broadway Baby
Aaron has been making a name for himself in recent years. He is a stand-up comedian, actor and fantastically also a trained circus performer.
He’s a regular on the circuit working for various independent promoters such as Hilary Bites, Eminent Banter, Ten Feet Tall, Funhouse, House of Stand Up, FAF, Hilarious, Can Comedy, Comedy Cow etc. He also does occasional work for Glee and Manfords.
He is a warm, friendly and confident MC and has been an MC for Juice Comedy, Laughing Horse, Comedy Cow and Glee RoughWorks.
His ongoing solo show “Can’t Stop A Rainbow” made a mark the Edinburgh Fringe 2019, with his own brand of intelligent, bubbly and frank stand-up.
This year he has been touring as part of the (Back) On The Road Comedy Club.
Aaron runs his own podcast, A Matter of Pride, ‘a comedy education of gay history’. Recently Aaron has featured in Darren Harriot’s BBC Radio 4 Stand Up Podcast Red Label. He is also filming for an upcoming series with Pulped.
O P E N E R
quincy
Tour Support for Kevin Heart, Chris Rock & Dave Chappelle
BBC New Comedy Award winner
‘Gagging For It’ Finalist
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Finalist
Award-winning Comedian Quincy, also known as the Cockney Prince is a far cry from the well-known Medical Examiner from that 70's TV Show and is no stranger to the microphone either, as a stand-up comic or radio talk show host.
Apart from being a regular on the British stand up circuit since 2005, Quincy has performed all over the world including New York, Singapore, Dubai, India and in Europe. He has supported the likes of an early Kevin Heart, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle & other top comics from the USA.
Awards:
Black Entertainment Comedy Award.
BBC New Comedy Awards.
Finalist Gagging For It
Finalist Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year.
Not satisfied with just being a club comic, in 2010 Quincy decided to take his career to another level by setting up Quincy's Comedy Lounge.
This also enabled him to share his love of comedy, by showcasing up and coming comedians from the mainstream and the black comedy scene.
From a small audience in a Wine Bar in East London to sold-out Theatre shows across the Central London, Quincy has made his Comedy Lounge stand out as one the top events to attend on the Comedy scene
MIDDLE
ISABELLE FARAH
Time Out Funniest Shows in London, May 2019
Funny Women Shorts Prize Finalist - 2020
Semi finalist: Funny Women New Act 2018, 2Northdown New Act 2019 & Leicester Square 2018.
Isabelle is a British Lebanese actor, comedian, and writer. Her debut show, Ellipsis, was commended for the Screenshot Award in 2020. It's been at Camden People's Theatre, Southwark Playhouse and EdFringe with Assembly Festival in 2021.
It's also programmed for Vault festival 2022. Ellipsis is Isabelle's one woman comedy show about grief and grieving. It did a run at the Soho Theatre in October 2021.
A mixture between sad and funny, it received critical acclaim at Edinburgh Fringe 2021 with several 4* reviews. She performed at Assembly’s ‘Best of the Fest’ alongside Pierre Novellie, Olga Koch, and Ahir Shah.
“Put this moving comedy at the top of your must see list” **** - Daily Mail
"Quietly profound...warmly witty...spellbinding" **** Chortle
"Brimming with authenticity...a marvellous one woman show" ****- The Wee Review
"Seriousness and silliness throughout." - The Stage
“Promising newcomer” - The Telegraph