SalfordOnline.com have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader to see king of the surreal one-liners Milton Jones when he lands at The Lowry on Sunday 26 April.
Mock the Week regular Milton’s new tour, The Temple of Daft, will take the wild-haired comic into uncharted territory.
Joke machine Milton, the man who can cram in up to 250 gags a night, now strings the quips together in to a broader story, one that sees him take on the mantle of Indiana Jones, don the hat and set off on a madcap journey into surrealist comedy.
Best known for his set in the ‘one-liner chair’ on BBC’s Mock The Week, Milton Jones also has several Radio 4 comedy series under his hat and is consistently rated as one of the funniest comics working today.
He told SalfordOnline.com: “Generally speaking, the further you travel, the more pleased the audience are to see you.
“I quite like warming the audience up with an obscure character to begin with and Temple of Daft will begin with my great-uncle, the explorer Sir Randolph Digby Jones.”
His advice for staying fresh and staying funny? “Never throw anything away.
“If you thought there was a seed of something that was funny, keep it on file.
“Especially one-liners because one syllable, one word, changing the picture in people’s heads, can suddenly make something work that didn’t before.
“For the 250 gags in the show I’ve written another 100 that I’ve put in the bin, at least another 100, probably, maybe three times as much, and that’s the hard work.
“And it’s kind of accessible in a way that people feel happy to come as entire families, which is great to look at. It gives a slightly pantomime feel to a tour show because I know that there are grandparents who come with their grandchildren.”
To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is email your name, address and contact phone number to newsdesk@salfordonline.com with the subject line ‘Milton Jones Competition’.
The first name out of our fabled lucky hat will be going to see this hilarious adventure comedy on Sunday 26 April.
The competition closes at 9am on Wednesday 15 April.
