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Review - John Kearns: Shtick
With unprecedented back-to-back 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best Comedy Show' awards from Edinburgh, it's fair to say that UK comic John Kearns comes to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival under the weight of great expectations. Fortunately for Kearns, and the Melbourne crowds, he is more than ready to live up to them.
Brenton Harris, Under the Gun Review, 6th April 2015Review: John Kearns in Shtick
John Kearns is quite an astonishing performer. Shtick is quite an astonishing show.
Michael Ward, The Herald, 30th March 2015Filming starts on new BBC Three sitcom Top Coppers
Production is under way on Top Coppers, a new BBC Three comedy series starring John Kearns and Steen Raskopoulos as two weird detectives.
British Comedy Guide, 25th February 2015Tommy Cooper - 'A comic's job is to play the fool'
The 2014 Edinburgh comedy award winner John Kearns considers the magical mannerisms of his idol Tommy Cooper.
John Kearns, The Guardian, 4th February 2015The ten most memorable comedy gigs of 2014
Focussing on the positives, here are the ten shows of 2014 that made my entirely subjective cut.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th December 20145 best comedy shows of 2014
Featuring Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos, Adam Riches, Noel Fielding, Bridget Christie and John Kearns.
Mark Monahan, The Telegraph, 17th December 2014The ten best comedy shows of 2014
Featuring John Kearns, James Acaster, What Does the Title Matter Anyway?, Bridget Christie, Anthony Jeselnik, Brian Gittins, Sara Pascoe, Funz and Gamez, Tim Key and Kraken.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 10th December 2014John 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 2014