Tickets are now on sale to share an evening in Swindon with Benedict Allen, the TV explorer and adventurer. Benedict was in the news During a solo expedition to Papua New Guinea to visit a community he had befriended 30 years earlier, he disappeared en route. He failed to turn up at Port Moresby for a scheduled flight to Hong Kong, everyone became concerned. He and had no mobile phone or GPS. He was finally found by helicopter in a tribal warzone , battling malaria and dengue fever. He will be showing clips from this adventure during his show in Swindon. and the full film will be released later this year. Benedict said: This is a hugely exciting venture for me: I can’t wait to travel the UK and, share my experiences of some of the most testing, but also wonderfully inspiring, corners of the globe.’’ . He believes passionately that we all have an inner adventurer and that the Golden Age of exploration lies not behind us, but ahead. He talks passionately about the nature of risk taking - both in our lives and in our own minds, urging us all to take up the most impossible-seeming challenges in our lives. Benedict will be appearing on October 2 at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre. For more details and tickets visit www.swindontheatres.co.uk
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