The Number 1 Holiday Destination
The Number 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.
In this surreal, farcical world, a small and slightly unstable nation decides to solve the problem of mass tourism once and for all by nationalising it. Inspired by Bhutan’s real-life model of tightly controlled, state-run tourism, this pastoral country takes it all one step further by owning the entire holiday industry itself. 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.
Co-created by Jack Brownridge-Kelly and Danny Frost, the play skewers the contradictions of tourism with sharp wit and heightened surrealism. It’s a show about money, power, belonging, and the uncomfortable question of who a place is really for, all wrapped up in character-driven storytelling and big laughs.
Rooted in the Southwest but instantly recognizable far beyond it, The Number 1 Holiday Destination promises a smart, silly, and uncomfortably familiar night at the theatre.
WHEN: October 28th 7:30pm – 10pm
TICKETS: £15 supporter | £12 standard | £8 u18 | £32 fam
