Funny That comedy is the brainchild of award-winning Brighton comedian Stephen Grant, the host of the Komedia Brighton for the last 23 years. His business came to prominence putting on A-list comedians – including Romesh Ranganathan and Sara Pascoe - in the garden of a Hassocks pub during Covid times.

Using decades of contacts during his long time in the world of comedy, Stephen has put together special, small scale, high-profile comedy nights that have been selling out across Sussex since mid 2020. Back in February, Stephen’s night was the first public show at the recently converted Hub Theatre at Haywards Heath College, selling out instantly, and excitingly, on Friday 15th July they will be at King Edward Hall in Lindfield.

With its intimate capacity, Stephen told Lindfield Life it’s sure to be busy: “Our plans were to stick in Haywards Heath, but with the college closing for most of the summer and the new Haywards Heath Arts Festival desperate to find a space for our comedy night, we were so excited to find King Edward Hall and the support of the people of Lindfield has been overwhelming. I was born in Sussex and Lindfield was somewhere my parents used to bring me for summer days by the pond, while they sat in the pub! Also, as a Stand Up comedian, I’m very aware it’s the only place in Sussex that has a pub called ‘The Stand Up’. Expect many of our visiting performers to have their selfies taken in front of that sign!”

The lineup for the first show includes Ivo Graham, star of Live at the Apollo, Jessica Fostekew, well-known from Motherland, and hosting the hugely successful Guilty Feminist podcast, Mark Simmons, the expert gagsmith and gag-improvisor from Mock The Week, and Thomas Green, an award-winning Australian comedian.

Lindfield Comedy Club will be on Friday 15th July, starting at 8pm. Tickets available at: www.funnythat.co.uk