Thurrock BGT star set to star in Southend FOLLOWING a sell-out show staged at Sands by the Sea restaurant, Southend, in December, After Dark Live – the organisers of the Comedy at the Sands stand-up spectaculars at the seafront restaurant – are finally able to announce a follow-up performance. . . on Saturday, May 22, 2021. And it’s promised that the evening will be “absolutely magic” – Essex-based magician/comedian Graeme Mathews, who shot to fame after making it to the semi-finals of television’s Britain’s Got Talent, will headline the performance. As the country strides towards May 7 and the third stage of the Government’s Roadmap to Recovery, restaurant owners are preparing for the reopening of their businesses.