John Kearns: Tilting At The Windmills
Taskmaster star John kearns brand new national tour for 2026.
Winner of Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and Best Newcomer and Taskmaster breakout star, John Kearns (Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Guessable) is currently on a brand-new UK tour with Tilting at Windmills. The 50+ date UK & IRE tour started in February and runs until 6th November 2026, including three London dates (two consecutive nights at Wilton’s Music Hall on 12th and 13th May and a later date at Soho Walthamstow 11th and 12th September), followed by stops in Brighton, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Cardiff, Nottingham and more.
Directed by Olivier winner Jon Brittain (Baby Reindeer, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho), Tilting at Windmills is a fragmented, digressing portrayal of a 38-year-old man’s life, alluding to books he hasn’t read, touching on the modern condition. Plus VAT! More allusive and bleak as ever, it is unreal the comedian you become. And for who? Decent craic with the right crowd. A show for those who have read about but not committed to the Guinness Nitrosurge.
Twelve years on since he first debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe, John is still the only comedian to have ever won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show (Shtick) and Best Newcomer (Sight Gags for Perverts) in the awards forty-five-year history. An internationally acclaimed live act, he has delivered his “richly, idiosyncratic comedy” (The Guardian) across the world. On television, John was a breakout star of series 14 of Taskmaster (Channel 4) and the co-host of Guessable (Comedy Central) with Sara Pascoe and team captain Alan Davies.
“comedy as ridiculous as it is profound… unexpectedly moving” John Bailey, The Age ★★★★★
“hilarious… unlike-anyone-else” Brian Logan, The Guardian ★★★★★
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