March 2nd - Grinstock Comedy Club

GRINSTOCK COMEDY CLUB - Award winning comedy on your doorstep monthly for 8 years. 

We bring you the cream of the crop when it comes to live stand-up comedy, from some of the UK's leading TV and National circuit acts monthly. 4 acts nightly and nominated 2 years in a row for Comedy Club of the South by Dave TV & Absolute Radio. 

Acts on the 2nd of March 2017

MC Chris Betts

Flyer Bubble: "Properly hilarious"- What's On London

Chris Betts began his comedy career in Montreal, Canada and has since performed all across Europe and North America at clubs and festivals such as SXSW (USA), Comedy Box International Comedy Festival (Norway), Dark Comedy Festival (Canada) Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival (UK) and the Zulu Comedy Festival (Denmark). Chris was chosen as part of the prestigious Pleasance Comedy Reserve at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and he returned to Edinburgh to perform his successful first solo show, Social Animal, in 2015.

He has been published in the Huffington Post and the Alarmist and voices a number of characters in the cult hit animated comedy Sam Sweetmilk. Chris Betts’ mind is a curious place, where the philosophical meets the ridiculous. His shows are a perfect balance of incisive social satire and complete silliness. 2015 NATYS New Act of the Year (Finalist) and 2014 Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year (Finalist)

What the press have to say:

Top 20 jokes of the Fringe (2015) - Daily Telegraph

Top 25 Jokes of the Fringe (2015) - Mirror 

"...an enticing prospect, a Canadian who deals in off-kilter thoughts sharpened by the occasional prod at taboo topics." - The Independent

"Canadian Chris Betts has a confident style and a solid set... a glint of steelier edge."-Steve Bennett, Chortle 

"Chris Betts is tremendous"- Such Small Portions

"Properly hilarious"- What's On London

Top 10 Montreal Comedians - The Mirror

Edd Hedges

Bubble: ‘Supremely affable style.’ Chortle

With an incredibly endearing stage presence, Essex-boy, Edd Hedges, has a natural affinity with an audience and since winning So You Think You’re Funny in 2013 his career has skyrocketed. Being a runner-up in subsequent finals of Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year and Piccadilly Comedy Club New Comedian of the Year, Edd went on to feature in Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Just The Tonic’s Big Value Show (Edinburgh 2014) and the Machynlleth Comedy Festival which also marked his radio debut on Radio 4 Extra’s Comedy Club with Arthur Smith.

Taking the UK circuit by storm, Edd can also be seen performing his unique style of ridiculous anecdotes in various comedy clubs such as The 99 Club, Jongleurs, Komedia and the family-friendly show, Comedy Club 4 Kids. At only 22, Edd appears to be older and wiser than his years and has all the hallmarks of a very promising career.

What the press have to say:

‘Supremely affable style.’ - Chortle

'A tough act to follow’ - Bruce Dessau

‘Edd Hedges is a joy to watch.’ - The Scotsman

‘Self-deprecating and hilariously awkward, Edd brought the judges to a total standstill.’ - Three Weeks

‘Hedges is a remarkably good stand-up.’ London is Funny

Dylan Gott

Bubble: ‘Major Revelation’ – Now Magazine

A comedian known from coast to coast in Canada Dylan Gott has been nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award. He’s performed at a range of prestigious comedy Festivals including Just For Laughs – Toronto, Norht by Northeast and appeared on Bite TV with his own televised special in ichannel called ‘No Kidding’

Alongside his many stand up comedy accolades Dylan has had his own critically acclaimed one man show at the Toronto Fringe Festival ‘Dylan Gott Medicine Woman’ and has hosted his own radio show on Sirius XM Radio ‘ The Sport Brahs’

What the press have to say:

*****’s – Torontist

‘Delightfully Bizarre’ – AV Club

‘Major Revelation’ – Now Magazine

HEADLINER Josh Howie

 Bubble: Comedy gold - Chortle

Fresh from writing and starring in his First sitcom for BBC Radio 4, Josh is about to embark on a UK tour, Josh Howie’s Messed Up. Already a much in-demand standup comic, performing regularly at all the major comedy clubs around the UK, over the previous few years Josh has also taken his distinctive brand of humor to India, Ireland, UAE, France, China, Thailand, Switzerland, Finland, Estonia and America. In 2012, he was invited to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, where he filmed for the internationally distributed Just For Laugh’s All Access TV show.

In addition, he’s written and performed four solo shows for the Edinburgh Festival before sell-out runs at the Soho Theatre. These include his hugely successful debut solo Fringe stand-up show, entitledChosen, which played to sell out audiences and received rave reviews at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival, and his August 2010 show Gran Slam, based on his time living with his grandmother. In 2011, Josh returned with I am a Dick, self-explanatory, and in 2014 with AIDS: A Survivor’s Story, about going through puberty in the 90s.

Josh most recently appeared on Dave’s As Yet Untitled with Eddie Izzard, and has recorded for two series of Comedy Central at the Comedy Store and featured on World Stands Up and Comedy Bluefor the same channel. He spent four years as the writer/presenter of The Movie Geek on Sky Movies. Often praised for his writing talent, Josh has contributed features to The Guardian, The Times and The Daily Mail.

What the press have to say:

The very undervalued Josh Howie delivers self-deprecating sharply written slices of neuroticism. There’s a distinct (and lovely) whiff of the Woody Allens. - Independent

Intelligently neurotic - Evening Standard

Howie is engaging company - The Times

Headline comedy came from Josh Howie, bringing the evening to a close with howls of laughter and the occasional “oooh” that accompanies a joke that you’re just not sure is socially acceptable but makes you laugh regardless - Edinburgh Evening News

Challenging, intelligent wit…as funny as it is fascinating - Chortle

Belly laughs - The Scotsman

Howie is brilliantly clever, honest, utterly engaging and absolutely fearless - The Scotsman *****