Stephen K Amos headlines the comedy in East Grinstead

Organiser Mark Coxon said: “This one is really exciting as we have managed to get Stephen K Amos down to do a Comedy Beats show for the first time.

“I started working as a comedian myself 20 years ago. I was spotted by my agent, compering a show in London and she suggested that I should do some stand-up. At the time she only represented one other act and that was Stephen. When I began he was a bit of a mentor to me, so to have got him to commit to coming down to East Grinstead is just great.

“When we started Comedy Beats the plan was to get the very best club comedians down to the area. We wanted to get the kind of acts you would normally see at a venues like The Comedy Store or Soho Theatre in London’s West End down to places like East Grinstead, to save the people who live locally the expense and hassle of going all the way into the heart of London.