Ex-Python, renowned travel host and prolific diarist has announced his new solo show Michael Palin: From North Korea Into Iraq. Tickets for the tour go on sale at 10am on Friday 22 July. Scroll to the bottom of this article to find a detailed list of Palin's tour dates. 

The show will see Palin describe his journey through two countries which have struggled under dictatorships, numerous wars and internecine strife. 

Palin said, ‘We shouldn't forget that we share a common humanity with the people of North Korea and Iraq and in both these tough and difficult countries we found, as you will see, humour and hope, ambition, expectation, warmth, hospitality and extraordinary resilience.  

‘These journeys were for me a total eye-opener. From North Korea Into Iraq may take you out of your comfort zone but I hope, like me, that once we've travelled together, your feelings about these two countries, and the wider world we share, will never be quite the same again.’

This tour follows his new Channel 5 series, Michael Palin: Into Iraq, produced by ITN Productions, which will be broadcast this autumn. 

Michael Palin: From North Korea Into Iraq’s 2022 UK tour dates: 

Saturday 1 October – Charter Hall, Colchester

Sunday 2 October –  Theatre Royal, Nottingham

Monday 3 October – Lowry, Salford

Wednesday 5 October – Cadogan Hall, London

Thursday 6 October – Grand Opera House, York

Sunday 9 October – Theatre Royal, Bath

Monday 10 October – Hexagon Theatre, Reading

Tuesday 11 October – G Live, Guildford

Thursday 20 October – Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow

Friday 21 October – Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

Tickets for Michael Palin: From North Korea Into Iraq go on sale at 10am on Friday 22 July.