{"id":3300,"date":"2026-06-26T11:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T10:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.not-applicable.org\/?page_id=3300"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:33:20","slug":"in-kharms-way-the-odes-double-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.not-applicable.org\/?p=3300","title":{"rendered":"Ted Milton Presents: In Kharms Way & The Odes – Double Bill – Booking From March 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the first time, Ted Milton has united two of his most celebrated shows into a single, two-act touring performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first act takes audiences on a journey through the dark humour and nonsensical logic of pioneering Russian literary absurdist Daniil Kharms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second act dives headfirst into Milton’s own prose and verse, delivering a dose of savage irony and bittersweet satire that shines a light on today’s rollercoaster of delusionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Combining tape music and the percussive might of David Aylward (Blurt’s esteemed drummer) in the first act and the propulsive electronics of Sam Britton (AKA Isambard Khroustaliov) in the second, Milton and his cohorts fuse avant-garde sound assemblages, improvisation, experimental electro-acoustic textures, politically charged poetry, free-jazz saxophone and propulsive rhythms to spectacular effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Kharms Way and The Odes have previously toured extensively in Europe as individual performances and have featured, amongst numerous other festival appearances, as part of Patti Smith\u2019s \u2018Soir\u00e9es Nomades\u2019 at the Fondation Cartier, Paris and Thurston Moore\u2019s \u2018City Poems & City Music\u2019 at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201coutrageous, profane performances \u2026 Milton\u2019s anti-authoritarian streak remains as strong as ever\u201d \u2013 The Guardian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201chigh art with punk poetic intervention \u2026 linguistic d\u00e9tournement, backed by tense electronics\u201d \u2013 The Quietus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cencapsulates the current messy, fucked-up state of society and politics, and offers up a performance of equals working out on the peripherals of the music world.\u201d \u2013 Monolith Cocktail<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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