John Kearns

The Varnishing Days

Sunday 5th May, 2024

4:00 pm | 60 mins

£ 16.50

Y Tabernacl

14+

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The Varnishing Days is the heart-stopping, glasses-dropping, hard-rocking, wig-shaking, levothyroxine-taking, knee-knocking, boot-licking, justifying, teeth rattling, digressing new show from stand up comedian to the stars John Kearns.

Go silent as I walk on! Acknowledge when something funny happens! Leave discussing dinner plans! Others will be implicated. Points will be circled and missed. Hell, it’s a man trying his best! When I visit your town dogs will start barking, as will clergy. Your microwave will go haywire. The lights in your vestibule will flicker and the Bank of England will nervously look at interest rates. On the day I write this, the pound has hit an all time low against the dollar. Mark my words. This show will break that record again and again and again.

“The finest set of his career… what a show” ★★★★★ Brian Logan, The Guardian

“About as funny as anything this decade” ★★★★ Dominic Maxwell, The Times

“A tender, poignant show, Kearns can deliver big-laugh gags and callbacks in a terrific hour of comedy.” ★★★★ Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk

“This is yet another superb hour from a gifted writer and performer, suffused with beauty, tenderness and frequent, exceptional hilarity.” ★★★★★ Jay Richardson, The List

“Silliness and sentiment together to extraordinary effect… laugh-till-you-fall-off-your-stool” ★★★★★ Laurie Presswood, The Skinny

“A flawless fusion of gut-busting laughter and razor-sharp observations… comedic gold” ★★★★★ Michael Benson, Broadway Baby

“John Kearns is in complete control, a master of his craft, whose act – a decade after it made its debut the Edinburgh Fringe – seems to just keep getting better and better.”★★★★★ Archie Brydon, WhyNow

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£1.50 of the advertised on-sale ticket price goes to Machynlleth Comedy Festival for the continued development and improvement of the event.

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