John Scott is a comedian with 20 years’ experience in the industry. He is the winner of the Spike Milligan Award for New Talent and is also the recipient of the biggest cash prize ever awarded a comedian at the Edinburgh Festival when he won £12’000 in the Take The Mic competition. John has worked all over the world and has travelled to the Far East, The Middle East, Australia and much of Europe to entertain people. Over his career he has provided warm up duties for such notable names as Stewart Lee, Frankie Boyle, Stewart Francis, Jerry Sadowitz, Tom Stade, Reginald D. Hunter and many more.

As well as working as a regular on the comedy circuit John has extensive experience on the after-dinner scene and has worked alongside many sporting legends such as Jack Charlton, Pete Shilton, Sean Fitzpatrick and Paul Gascoigne. As a writer John has also worked for BBC Radio 4, BBC Newcastle, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Scotland, The Live Theatre Newcastle and several notable comedians.