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John first hit the stage as a stand up back in 1999 at the Stand Comedy club in Edinburgh, after taking part in one of the venue’s comedy workshops. Just three months later he was asked to take part in his first Edinburgh festival run in the showcase Stand Up Scotland, a platform for the best new emerging talent from north of the border.

John has a disarming and friendly persona that chucks buckets of charm across the stage, which has made him popular across Scotland and the North of England. He now lives in Newcastle and can be found headlining and compeering all the regular comedy clubs from Manchester to Liverpool, back up to Newcastle and down the way to Sheffield and Leeds. More recently he has taken to after dinner work with great results.

Johns material merges everyday story telling, mixed alongside accurate observations, with a cunning ability to fire out several quick fire one liners before the audience knows what's hit them. His subject matter covers everything from middle class dinner parties, Braveheart and on to observations on life in northern England. He admits he does have a slightly risqué edge and will push boundaries when he feels the time is right. So far he's never received a single complaint. Just the way his mum likes it.

"A Diamond in the rough" - The List

"Members of the audience were quit literally in tears of laughter. A grungy mix of Billy Connelly and Aragorn." - Edinburgh Evening News

"Among the top five comics emerging from Scotland today." The Observer

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