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NOTORIOUS PROUDLY PRESENTS
DAI HENWOOD IN FONZIE TOUCHED ME
A LOOK BACK THROUGH THE CLOUDED RECOLLECTIONS OF HENWOOD
Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Winston Churchill and Fonzie from Happy Days have something in common. They were all childhood
heroes of Dai Henwood.
Previous generations were influenced by newsmakers, sports and war heroes. But Dai Henwood and many of his generation
were largely influenced by TV stars from the 80’s and 90’s, including Magnum PI, MacGyver and Blossom.
This show will be Dai’s take on that time, what influenced us and what affect that has had. With some jokes of course.
Extrapolate out some other influences from even further in the past and you start to build a picture, not necessarily of
us as a nation and a culture, but how Dai’s warped sense thinks we are. This is by no means exhaustive, or even that
accurate but when has Dai ever let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Dai’s penchant for creating some sort of hyper reality where statistics can prove anything has seen him rise to the top
of the New Zealand comedy scene. Not exactly a wall flower, his antics on Insert Video Here led to a cult following and
the resulting Roll The Dai and Roll The Dai Outback were ratings hits. Three years of hosting the NZ Music Awards,
hosting his owns AotearoHA Christmas special and now with a third season as team leader on top rating and critically
acclaimed 7Days, Dai has always kept his grounding in live stand up comedy.
Fonzie Touched Me is not just an analysis of the 1980’s, though it’s easy to see how Dai has been fiddled with by them.
He does seem predisposed to leg warmers and florescent lycra, but this show looks at a much wider range of people and
situations that have had an effect on us.
Arguably one of the finest comics we’ve produced here in New Zealand, Dai will once again fill up SKYCITY in Auckland
and the San Francisco Bathhouse in Wellington during the Comedy Festival in May. Sold out for the last four years, there
will not be any additional shows so early bookings are recommended.
AUCKLAND
Dates: 11 May – 14 May, 7pm
Venue: SKY CITY Theatre, Level 1, Cnr Wellesley St West and Hobson St
Tickets: Adults $35, Conc. $30
Bookings: 0800 TICKETEK or www.ticketek.co.nz
WELLINGTON
Dates: 16 May – 21 May, 8.30pm
Venue: San Francisco Bathhouse, 171 Cuba St
Tickets: Adults $30, Conc. $27
Bookings: 0800 TICKETEK or www.ticketek.co.nz
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