Modified On April 28, 2009
We stumbled upon this article about Guy Williams, the 21-year-old “rookie stand-up comedian” who won the right to be Dai Henwood’s opening act via an New Zealan reality show called Dai’s Protégé Project. What? Allow us to explain (from Wikipedia):
Dai Henwood (born 1978) is a New Zealand comedian. He is best known for presenting Insert Video Here on the C4 music television channel, but also performs stand up comedy.
Translation: Comedian Dai Henwood hosts a show on New Zealand’s equivalent of MTV (inexplicably named after the plastic explosive).
Read the brief interview with Williams– notable mainly because he’s so… humble. No swagger with this young man.
He told Stuff.co.nz he was “terrified” at the thought of performing in front of large crowds during the tour’s seven dates.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity,” Williams said. “The largest venue I’ve ever played previously is 150 people at the Bath House in Cuba Street, so to go to a venue of 700 is ridiculous.
“I don’t know how I’m going to handle it. ‘Terrified’ is the word … If the first show doesn’t go well it’s going to be a long tour.”