After co-starring in two series of BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers, comedian Joel Dommett is on the road in his debut stand-up tour, Practical Joker. He will be seeking revenge on a school enemy and doing some nun-chucks in the process, as CHARLES HUTCHINSON learns.

What will be the subject matter of Practical Joker, Joel?

“It’s the best bits of my last two Edinburgh festival shows, which means it will be better than the worst bits of my last two Edinburgh shows.”

Apparently, this month’s audiences should expect some nun-chucking in your show…

“Yes. It’s the big surprise ending but I’m happy to tell you about it if it makes you buy a ticket purely to see me nun-chuck. It’s very dangerous and people could die in the front row if I chose to strike them. Sounds exciting, right?”

What is your stand-up style?

“It’s excitable anecdotes from a charming fellow who was the best friend of the funniest guy in school who’s now an accountant.”

Who influences you?

“My mother mainly. She cooks a good lasagne. Also Tommy Tiernan and all my friends who I started with who are now incredible. Josh Widdicombe, James Acaster, Nick Helm.”

What struck you most about filming your role for the latest series of BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers?

“It anesthetises you from normal life. By the end of filming for two months, it becomes easy to walk up to a stranger and talk rubbish to them. Then, when filming finishes, you continue to talk to strangers and humiliate yourself but nobody is watching and you go home and cry.”

How are you transforming yourself from “Impractical” to “Practical” joker for your debut tour?

“In Impractical Jokers, we show ourselves as carefree mischief makers but in reality I Hoover like everyone else. The show is about bridging that gap.”

What do you recall of working as the warm-up act at a Justin Bieber concert?

“It was weird to stand next to the most famous man in the world. I had the feeling he had the power to kill me, so I tried to not say too much. I think we all wish we could do our jobs with our shirts off like him. Shirts Off Fridays in the office would be fun.”

After the Bieber warm-up and fantasies of Shirts Off Fridays, what would be your dream job be in 2014?

“Being a stand-up comedian is a pretty good dream job but if there’s any space in One Direction, I’ll happily jump in.”

• Joel Dommett, Practical Joker, at Wardrobe, Leeds, on Sunday, doors, 7pm ; Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, The Basement, City Screen, York, Monday, 8pm; Harrogate Theatre Studio, March 26, 8pm. Box office: Leeds, 0113 383 8800; York, 0871 902 5726 or hyenalounge.com; Harrogate, 01423 502116.