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by Richard on 27/01/2025Theatre Royal - Brighton - BrightonRating: 5 out of 5Very funny and original format based around musicals as the theme
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Milton Jones introduces brand new comedy show HA!MILTON
Is HA!Milton a musical?
This is not a musical. Milton Jones is tone-deaf and has no sense of rhythm, but at least he doesn’t make a song and dance about it.
He has more important things to discuss. Like giraffes…and there’s a bit about tomatoes
It's a whole new show of daftness.
Who is Milton Jones?
You might know him from Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo or Radio 4. Or that time he stood for the Scottish National Party, fought a hard campaign, but in the end had to respect the wishes of the people of Cardiff.
Milton Jones Reviews
“He’s fast, absurd and very Funny” Radio Times
‘No-one can touch Jones when he hits his stride’ The Guardian
The king of the one-liner on his upcoming tour, and being heckled by Paul Weller...
Born in 1964 as Milton Hywel Jones, he’s been a comedian since the ’90s. Although he won the prestigious Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the 1996 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his first solo show, it wasn’t until 2008 when he joined the panel TV series Mock The Week that his career really skyrocketed.
Among his biggest UK tours were 2013’s On the Road, 2015’s Milton Jones And The Temple of Daft , and 2017’s Milton Jones Is Out There. All his shows have been characterised by twists of surreal logic and clever one-liners, and as a Christian, he intentionally avoids using profanity in his routines.
Following its 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe premiere, Jones was out on the road in early 2020 with his hilarious Milton: Impossible show, in which he reveals the truth about being a former secret agent (before getting the disappointing new identity that forced him to appear on Mock The Week).
In addition to television appearances on comedy shows like Live At The Apollo, Lee Mack’s All Star Cast, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Dave’s One Night Stand, Jones starred in the 2012 Channel 4 sitcom The House Of Rooms, centred around a man and his mother who live together and rent out rooms.
Jones has also been a familiar voice across the radio waves. Among several BBC Radio 4 series, his third – Another Case Of Milton Jones – won him a silver Sony Award in 2011 and saw him nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2012.
A man of many talents, Jones has penned the books Ten Second Sermons, Even More Concise 10 Second Sermons and Where Do Comedians Go When They Die?
Very funny and original format based around musicals as the theme
We all need a good belly laugh and Milton didn't disappoint. Dead pan, ridiculous silly one liners, no swearing, just side splitting funny. Milton is a very intelligent and talented guy! I will never think of hot cross buns, Chaplin, and a bowl of Cherios in the same light ever again! Oh and the snail! Hilarious!! Make sure you arrive on time to watch Tom, Milton's warm up act, a funny guy and can read and handle the audience well. Definitely a guy to watch out for. Brilliant evening at The Plaza, with my cousins, definitely recommend.
An excellent show highlighting the comedic skill, timing and weird mindset of Milton! He is one of a kind and entertains with his clever observations of basic things made funny. Thanks for a great show Milton - my ribs are still aching from laughing!
Great night with the usual off the wall humour from Milton. The support/warm up was good too.
Warm up comedian (Tom Houghton) was good, lots of audience participation and Milton was as good as ever. Only negative was venue selection of beers. Only lager was Carling.
I was crying with laughter for most of the set. Uniquely blending stupidity and ingenuity, his one-liners are works of art. Third time I've seen him and this was the best. The man's a genius.
If you like a bit of good old fashioned dead pan humour Milton is definitely worth watching. How he thinks up some of his one liners is beyond me. A very enjoyable evening out.
I was in hysterics and so was everyone around me. Intelligent, surreal, completely left field and true at the same time.
I was in hysterics and so was everyone around me. Intelligent, surreal, completely left field and true at the same time.
Milton was fine, I felt his previous show was better though. The venue I wasn't enamoured with. Hard, uncomfortable seats aren't enjoyable to park your backside on for two hours. Parking was at least very handy being at the venue itself and was also free so thumbs up for that at least.