If comedian Joel Creasey has his way, he’ll have taken over the world by this time next year

HIS stand-up gigs are selling out and there’s talk of giving him a television show. Things are going very well for comedian Joel Creasey since returning from the jungle.

Next level ... Joel Creasey has big plans for his future, including working in TV and touring the world doing stand-up. Picture: Supplied

BEFORE he roughed it in the South African jungle for several weeks with an eclectic group of celebs, Joel Creasey was an up-and-coming comedian with a solid following.

Now his manager’s phone is ringing off the hook, audiences are flocking to his stand-up show and there’s serious talk of him getting a television show.

The 24-year-old comic, affectionately known as the acid-tongue prince, makes no secret of his plans for world domination.

Next level ... Joel Creasey has big plans for his future, including working in TV and touring the world doing stand-up. Picture: Supplied

“I want it all,” Creasey laughed. “People won’t be able to escape this nasal voice for much longer. I basically want to take over the globe.”

While it was a personal hell at times, surviving 41 days in the wilds on reality series I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has given Creasey’s career a significant boost.

“It’s probably the best thing I’ve ever done, but of course I don’t want to say that — I’m trying to be cool about it,” he joked.

“You know, like there are heaps of other awesome things that have happened in my life, but let’s be honest. It’s incredible.”

Home for now ... comedian Joel Creasey is basing himself in Melbourne, but has eyes on growing his overseas work commitments. Picture: Hamish Blair

And as a result, he has been thrust into a new level of fame. TV producers are now seemingly keen to capitalise on that growing popularity.

Creasey confirmed he had been approached about developing possible concepts for the small screen.

“There’s stuff happening,” he said cryptically, declining to go into detail.

“There has been some interest — a lot actually. Fingers crossed it comes to something. I’d love to do TV and work in that space.”

Hitting the road ... Joel Creasey will take his show The Hurricane on the road here and then to New York and London. Picture: Supplied

While those discussions take place, Creasey will take his critically acclaimed Melbourne International Comedy Festival show The Hurricane to select cities around the country from later this month, before doing a few shows in New York and London.

The response to the routine from audiences and critics alike has been overwhelming, he said, and perhaps the biggest of his career.

Good move ... Joel Creasey said doing I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! is perhaps the best thing he’s done in his life. Picture: Supplied

Among his domestic ambitions, Creasey said he still has an eye on conquering America and hopes to juggle both.

“It’s very tricky,” he admitted. “I’ve always had grand plans of moving to the US but I’m the type of person to worry that if I take off for too long, I’ll be forgotten here or something. I go overseas for a week and I’m suddenly neurotic.

“I think it’s a gamble but I view it as an investment and just hope there’s still work here when I’m back.”

It helps that his partner Jeffery Self, an American actor and comedy writer, lives in Los Angeles.

Long-term relationship ... Joel Creasey and his actor/writer boyfriend Jeffery Self. Picture: Instagram

This time next year, if he has his way, Creasey’s dream would be to juggle a TV project with regular bookings in big, grand theatres both here and abroad.

“I think touring goes hand-in-hand with TV too. That could be fun. And I’m a total theatre nerd, in terms of actual physical theatre spaces — big, lovely ones that I’d die to perform in.”

It’s an ambitious plan, but one that’s now very possible for the sassy comic.