Comedian hands back £5 to punters in cost protest
A total of 458 expectant punters crammed into the Lawrence Batley Theatre, in Huddersfield, to see the 8 out of 10 Cats TV star perform an intimate warm-up gig for his upcoming tour.
But the bewildered audience were each handed a fiver. Tickets were priced at 14 and 12.
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Afterwards Mr Manford, 28, said: "Contrary to popular belief, the prices of the tickets aren't up to us. When I looked at it, I saw the ticket prices and the gigs I've been doing were just warm ups. It was just reading jokes off a bit of paper.
"I just thought the ticket prices were a bit much."
Ranjit Rehill, theatre press officer, said: "As we understand it, Jason just wanted to make sure that since the show is still being developed, people got their money's worth."