You don’t need to be of a certain vintage to know who Eric Idle is, but it probably helps, given that he’s best known as a member of legendary comedy troupe Monty Python, whose heyday was way back in the 1970s. 

Eric’s done plenty more besides, mind, in a career spanning 60-plus years. So he’ll have no shortage of material for this brand-new one-man show - a nostalgic deep-dive into his life and times. 
Ahead of the mid-month Symphony Hall stop-off, Eric is warning audience members to brace themselves for an evening containing comedy, music, philosophy and, er, “one fart joke”.