Dom Joly ‘s one-man show coming to the Apex

Writer, broadcaster and comedian Dom Joly, best known as the creator of Trigger Happy TV, is back on the road with his one-man show, and is due at the Apex, early next month.

He will serve up a mix of comedy and danger, as he talks about his exploits as a serial globe-trotter and seeker of hazardous travel spots.

From North Korea to Chernobyl, Dom has visited some of the most unusual places on the planet – including the Australian bush in the 10th series of hit TV show “I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here”. 

He said:  “I’ve got this collection of weird holiday snaps. And I know there’s that cliché that ‘nobody wants to see anybody else’s holiday snaps’. Well, my holiday snaps are really good. And I’ve got some really good stories with them.”

Dom hates normal holidays, but he loves going to weird places. So, after a chat with his agent, he started visiting obscure places around the globe and writing his book “The Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the World’s Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations”.

In that book, he travelled to Chernobyl, visited his childhood home of Lebanon and went to Iran for a skiing holiday.

In his second travel book, “Scary Monsters and Super Creeps”, he travelled the world in search of mythical monsters such as Bigfoot and the Yeti.

“I’ve always loved travel shows”, he says. “But even though everybody knows how TV works, travel shows always lie. So, I always wanted to make real travel shows and write honest and authentic books that told people what places were really like.

“North Korea is still the weirdest place I’ve ever been to. It’s insane. The only people who go to North Korea are hardened travellers whose idea of hell is a coach tour – but they all sign up to a coach tour. And they take you around the Museum of Agricultural Scythes and Lathes and it’s dreadful but because it’s North Korea everyone thinks it’s great.”

And now it’s time to share those tales. From outlandish stunts for Trigger Happy TV and Sky to unlikely travel snaps from Beirut and Chernobyl; Joly will be sharing uncensored travel tales from the dark side in “Dom Joly’s Holiday Snaps”.

The show is at the Apex, on Wednesday, March 2, at 7.30pm, where he will meet fans after the show to sign copies of his latest book, “The Hezbollah Hiking Club”.

See the Apex website www.theapex.co.uk or ring 01284 758000 for more information or to book tickets.