GRINSTOCK COMEDY CLUB - December 9th @ Whitecliffs Cafe, Bar & Grill Saltdean

GRINSTOCK COMEDY CLUB - SALTDEAN, EAST SUSSEX

THURSDAY 9TH DECEMBER 2021

WE'RE BACK ON THE SOUTH COAST AFTER SOME YEARS AWAY, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO BRING OUR AWARD-WINNING COMEDY NIGHTS BACK TO THE COAST AND THE TRULY STUNNING VENUE OF WHITECLIFFS CAFE, BAR & GRILL, LOCATED ON THE BEACH IN SALTDEAN, EAST SUSSEX. PROBABLY THE BEST VIEW OF ANY COMEDY CLUB IN THE COUNTRY, WATCH THE SUNSET AS YOU GET READY FOR MONTHLY NIGHTS OF SOME OF THE BEST ACTS ON THE UK TV & NATIONAL CIRCUIT. 

 AFTER 13 YEARS OF SOLD-OUT SHOWS, IT'S SET TO BE ANOTHER AMAZING NIGHT OF COMEDY FROM AN AWARD-WINNING LINE-UP OF COMEDIANS, EXPECT BELLIES FULL OF LAUGHTER, ACHING FACES AND A MUCH-NEEDED EVENING OUT.

WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A LINE-UP OF ACTS THAT IS LEGENDARY, SOME OF THE COUNTRIES HOTTEST COMEDY ACTS TAKE TO THE STAGE AT THE STUNNING VENUE OF WHITECLIFFS CAFE, BAR & GRILL. WITH A FULL BAR AND FANTASTIC FOOD AVAILABLE, ITS GOT ALL THE MAKINGS OF THE PERFECT NIGHT OF LIVE COMEDY ON YOUR DOORSTEP, NOT NEED TO TRAVEL INTO THE BIG SMOKE OF BRIGHTON, LET US BRING SOME OF THE BEST ACTS TO YOU.

AS THE SOUTH EAST'S LEADING COMEDY CLUB BRAND, NOW IN OUR 13TH YEAR, YOU CAN REST ASSURED YOUR IN SAFE HANDS. TWICE NOMINATED FOR COMEDY CLUB OF THE SOUTH BY DAVE TV & ABSOLUTE RADIO TWO YEARS RUNNING AND HOLDERS OF THE BIGGEST MONTHLY COMEDY CLUBS SHOWS IN THE SOUTH EAST PRE-COVID TIMES.

FOOD & DRINK

A FULL BAR AND EXCELLENT FOOD AVAILABLE ON EVERY NIGHT 

THE AWARD-WINNING LINE-UP OF ACTS

MC RUSSELL ARATHOON

SO YOU THINK I’M FUNNY – SEMI FINALIST

AMUSED MOOSE NEW COMEDIAN – FINALIST

LEICESTER SQUARE NEW COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR – SEMI FINALIST

HASTINGS COMEDY FESTIVAL COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR WINNER

MANCHESTER NEW COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR -SEMI FINALIST

Russel’s first gig was at the notorious King Gong at the Manchester Comedy Store. He went on to win it and then followed it up later that year with a semi-final appearance in the Manchester Comedian of The Year Competition.

Now residing in London, Russell is regularly popping up at prestigious clubs such as Top Secret & Up The Creek, as well as sharing the stage with acts such as Joe Lycett, Sean Walsh and even the chatty man himself Alan Carr.

In 2018 Russell made his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his critically acclaimed show ‘The Curious Incidents of The Gay In The Night Time’. Since then, Russell has gone on to perform at festivals all over the country including Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester & Brighton. He even appeared on the Glee Cardiff Pride Stage alongside Robert White in 2019.

What the press has to say -

“Instantly connects with the audience” - CHORTLE

“His style is throughly engaging” - CHORTLE

“Guilty Pleasure” - CHORTLE

“A brilliant wordsmith” - TOBY HADOKE

Opener – ADELE CLIFF 

UK Pun Champion (2020)

Funniest Jokes of Edniburgh Fringe 4 years running

Tour support for Milton Jones 

Named Funny Women’s one to watch twice

Adele is the reigning/pundisputed UK Pun Champion (2020), the first woman to win the title and she is the only person to be named amongst Dave’s Funniest Jokes of the Fringe four years running (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019). An accomplished joke writer Adele has also featured in best jokes lists in The Telegraph, The Evening Standard, The Irish Times, The i Newspaper and The Metro as well as being nominated for Leicestershire’s Favourite Joke in 2019.

Adele has performed stand up shows at the Edinburgh fringe festival for the last 4 years. Her most recent show Undershare (2019) was at iconic fringe venue the Tron and sold out throughout it’s run, this followed her sellout, debut hour Sheep (2018). As well as stand up Adele has performed improv with improv legend Tony Slattery’s improv chums and been a regular at Edinburgh based panel shows including Battle of the Superheroes, Questing Time, The Video Game Gameshow and Roast Battle.

 Adele has provided tour support for Milton Jones and twice been names one of Funny Women’s One’s to Watch. She has gigged internationally in Australia, at the Adelaide Fringe 2020, and in the USA at clubs in Chicago and New York, including The Laugh Factory, Zainies, The New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club and The Second City where she also trained in improv and sketch writing.

Adele has been heard on BBC Radio 4 extra and BBC Radio 5 Live and performed live on the BBC Edinburgh Fringe main stage, as well as guesting in podcasts including Mystery on the Rocks and BBC Knock Knock. Her writing credits include BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and Newsjack.

Middle – Isabelle Farah

Funniest Shows in London 2019 - Time Out

2020 Funny Women Shorts Prize Finalist

Semi-finalist - Funny Women New Act & Leicester Square 2018.

**** The Daily Telegraph, Chortle & The Wee Review

Time Out Funniest Shows in London - 2019

Funny Women Shorts Prize Finalist - 2020

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.

What the press has to say -

“Put this moving comedy at the top of your must see list” - **** - Daily Mail

"Quietly profound...warmly witty...spellbinding" - **** - Chortle

"A marvellous one woman show" ****- The Wee Review

"Seriousness and silliness throughout." - The Stage

“Promising newcomer” - The Telegraph

Headliner – Barry Castagnola

'Perfect' ***** Three Weeks

'A hugely talented performer’ Scotsgay

As seen on Impractical Jokers,

French & Saunders (BBC1) & The Standup Show (BBC1)

Comedian, actor and writer Barry Castagnola has firmly established himself as an accomplished comic performer. He has been performing stand-up in the UK and internationally for over 6 years since blagging his way onto the stage at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. His easy-going (yet very physical) style, mixing personal anecdotes with some sharp topical and political comment, enthuses audiences at most of the major comedy clubs in the UK. As well as being a popular compere, Barry regularly headlines gigs around the country. He has performed in New York, Ireland, The Melbourne Comedy Festival, Glastonbury and The Reading Festival. TV stand up includes The Stand Up Show (BBC1) and Net.Comedy (Carlton)

Barry is also one third of + CYDERDELIC with + MARC WOOTTON and + LIAM WOODMAN. After Cyderdelic won BBC2's inaugural Green Light Award, they filmed a half hour special, The Revolution Will Be Televised, which was broadcast in January 2002. The BBC then filmed a six-part documentary (narrated by John Peel) following them over the summer of 2003, which included performances at Glastonbury and The Berlin Love Parade and various protests all over Europe. This was broadcast in February and March of this year to great critical acclaim. Edinburgh or Bust (C4) so much that they followed them around for most of the festival. They also performed regularly on The 11 O'Clock Show (C4).

At the end of last year, Barry played one of the lead roles in a British feature film, Dog (Razor Edge Films). As well as Cyderdelic, recent TV work includes Experimental (Radar Television for Channel 4) and being the presenter and hidden camera performer for the YES/NO Gameshow (Mastmedia for Bravo).