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John Kearns Shtick's around for second solo show
"It's the minutiae of the detail that really sets John apart; he manages to say so much with so little."
Sara Shulman, Ticketmaster, 14th October 2014John Kearns review
This fragmented approach is also a weakness; too many sections peter out with no real point and the whole ends up feeling less than the sum of its parts. There are some nicely crafted lines and sharp observations but not enough to fill an hour.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 12th October 2014John Kearns, Soho Theatre - comedy review
John Kearns sports traditional comic trappings, fake teeth, silly wig but that is where the conventional clowning largely ends.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 29th September 2014John Kearns: From the Giggling Gibbon to Soho Theatre
Without getting too sentimental It's been exciting to watch him develop from that first gig at the Giggling Gibbon.
Jack De'Ath, Laugh Out London, 24th September 2014John Kearns: the comic who made history
John Kearns won both Edinburgh's big comedy prizes in consecutive years - beneath the silly wig lies a golden talent.
Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 22nd September 2014As the platoon of comedians at this year's Edinburgh fringe start planning their journeys south for the autumn, there's just time for this showcase of 2014's most exciting new acts. Seann Walsh, BBC Three's anointed representative of twentysomething comics since they uncovered Russell Kane's birth certificate, comperes the evening, which features sets from, among others, 2014 Edinburgh comedy award winner John Kearns and the best newcomer nominee Dane Baptiste.
Mark Jones, The Guardian, 12th September 2014John Kearns: loser takes all at Edinburgh
John Kearns has turned failure into silly, soul-searching comedy. Will scooping Edinburgh's top comedy award spoil the punchline? Brian Logan meets the man hailed as the new Hancock.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th August 2014John Kearns, the early years, by Harry Deansway
The first London is Funny got wind of John Kearns - the new Fosters Award winner - was back in 2010, following a tip-off by Harry Deansway, Kearns's then-manager and the comedy circuit's very own Delboy. Here, Deansway recalls [his version of] those hazy, crazy days when success was just a glint in the bespectacled eye.
Harry Deansway, London Is Funny, 24th August 2014Profile: John Kearns
'Being a comic? I didn't even know that was a job'
Veronica Lee, The Independent, 24th August 2014Opinion: Brains beats banter again
So John Kearns won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award today. The first ever Best Newcomer to win the main prize in the following year and, perhaps more significantly, the first Free Fringe performer to win the Edinburgh Comedy Award. The Free Fringe has been having more of an impact every year since Imran Yusuf first picked up a Best Newcomer nomination, but that's another story. I want to celebrate and discuss Kearns' victory here.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd August 2014