John Kearns - Tilting At Windmills in Newcastle upon Tyne

John Kearns - Tilting At Windmills is a comedy show at The Stand Comedy Club - Newcastle in Newcastle upon Tyne on 20 October 2026, 20:00. John Kearns won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards newcomer award in 2013 and the Foster's Edinburgh comedy award for show of the year in 2014. He is the first and only comedian to have won both awards in consecutive years.

Both winning shows were part of PBH's Free Fringe, and the 2013 win was the first ever for a free show. On television, he was a contestant on the fourteenth series of Taskmaster and was assistant host of the Comedy Central panel show Guessable? from 2020 to 2023.