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John Kearns 'The Varnishing Days' Review - 24th March, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds

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John Kearns 'The Varnishing Days' Review at  Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds - Loveable Oddball's New Show is Whimsical, Pensive Genius  It seems to have been somewhat of a trend with me in recent times that the people I'm most excited to see on the new series of Taskmaster are the people I'm least familiar with. John Kearns is perhaps the perfect example. Some people upon initial googling may have found his highly abstract character comedy incongruous with the very timid, eccentric, loveable portrayal he put across on that show, but I absolutely loved it. The one thing I knew with any certainty was that an eight year old five minute YouTube clip wasn't enough, I needed more. Luckily for me, as any savvy comedian would after becoming a fan favourite on one of the biggest comedy shows in the country, John announced his new stand-up tour 'The Varnishing Days' soon after, with a date scheduled at the Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds. So with that, I rocked up on a r