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John Kearns: The Varnishing Days review
Ultimately, this is about doing your best on your own terms.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd June 20235 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners returning to Scotland's capital in August
This week saw the release of the programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - with a huge 3,013 shows to choose from.
David Hepburn, The Scotsman, 14th June 2023John Kearns - The Varnishing Days: engaging flights of fancy (and baffling teeth)
The critics' darling and Taskmaster alumnus is back on the road with a typically odd and idiosyncratic show of anecdotes and aperçus.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 4th June 2023John Kearns review
Van Gogh, joining the circus and pooey nappies.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 29th May 2023John Kearns review
The stand-up delivers the finest set of his career - touching on fatherhood, bin bags and Van Gogh Lego.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 26th May 2023Monkey Barrel announces more Edinburgh shows
Monkey Barrel Comedy has released tickets for more Edinburgh Fringe 2023 shows.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2023John Kearns: The Varnishing Days review
Fatherhood and new-found levels of fame may have provoked an existential crisis, but they've also created an hour of tenderness and hilarity.
Jay Richardson, The List, 30th March 2023John Kearns @ The Stand, Glasgow review
John Kearns shows he can tie silliness and sentiment together to extraordinary effect.
Laurie Presswood, The Skinny, 28th March 2023John Kearns: 'You might not like my show for 20 minutes, but you'll leave happy!'
The self-deprecating star has won two Edinburgh awards but remains a niche concern. Will a recent breakout turn on Taskmaster and a huge nationwide tour bring his absurdist comedy to the mainstream?
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 17th February 2023John Kearns review
The Taskmaster comic is tenderly hilarious.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 16th February 2023