MASS tourism is a hotly contested issue these days, with some major cities – including Barcelona – taking drastic steps to curb it, while many popular destinations in this country are looking at taxing tourist accommodation.

Jack Brownridge-Kelly has another and more radical plan – find out how this imaginative performer does it in his show, The No 1 Holiday Destination, coming to Dorset for a three-date tour, at Powerstock Hut, on Saturday 7th November, Briantspuddle village hall on Sunday 8th and the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage, on Monday 9th.

Building a nation is like going on holiday: it never turns out how you expect… The No 1 Holiday Destination is a bold, fast-paced new comedy, set in a freshly independent country with a big idea and absolutely no plan for what comes next.

A nation decides to solve the problem of mass tourism once and for all by nationalising it. What starts as an idealistic attempt to protect culture, community, and coastline quickly snowballs into a spectacular experiment, complete with absurd rules, escalating chaos, and consequences nobody saw coming.

Rooted in the South West, this new play promises a smart, silly and uncomfortably familiar night at the theatre.