James May announces big career move: "I'm going live"
The presenter will host a live show called Explorers - The Age of Discovery, where he will bring to life "the stories of the extraordinary explorers who traversed the deserts, scaled the mountains, sailed into the unknown".
Announced his next venture on Instagram, May wrote: "I'm going live, in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore with my new Explorers show. Everything from hunter-gatherers to astronauts, plus me, speaking."
He will host a series of show in the countries mentioned in his post starting this July before returning to the UK for some dates this autumn.
"The live show combines theatrical techniques and James' charismatic storytelling to create an evening of compelling intellectual entertainment," the official description of the show by Lateral Events reads.
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"From Ice Age migrations to space travel, the stories of famous, infamous and unknown explorers will come to life in a theatric style," it continues.
Among the explorers who will be remembered on the show are Lief Ericson, John Cabot, James Cook's navigator Tupaia, Stanley and Livingstone, and Gertrude Bell, with Explorers also celebrating the moon walkers and going up to space exploration.
Earlier this month, May reunited with his Top Gear co-star Richard Hammond for a tour of the show's studio ten years after their exit.
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"Well that is the old Top Gear studio," May said at the start of the clip, posted to his Planet Gin YouTube channel. "And that is the old Top Gear green room, where we assembled, worked on scripts, had arguments."
Both presenters agreed that they felt "funny" over the return, with Hammond sharing: "I feel really odd being here… The last time I was here, I was leaving after the last studio record. I was in the bronze Land Rover. And I sat up and thought, well, that was that."
Explorer kicks off on July 29, with currently on on pre-sale for the dates in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Fans in the UK can sign up for pre-sale now. at sky.com at Pandora at at amazon.co.uk at at digitalspy.com at Apple at disneyplus.com at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk
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