The British invasion (of Britain)
Chris Williamson films the first week of his UK tour, playing four shows in four cities in four days from a tour bus while working through nerves, imposter syndrome and doubts about the show.
The gist
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Before the Edinburgh opener Chris felt very nervous about the logistics, but afterwards the meditation segment landed and the crew celebrated with Nando's.
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Chris says asking "why" about a fear repeatedly leads to the fear of being abandoned, and he cites Ayrton Senna's advice: don't look at the wall.
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To prepare, Chris recorded four episodes a week for nearly 3 months and ran weekly work-in-progress shows for 50 people in Austin.
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In Manchester Chris credits his former business partner Dave, who worked with him for 15 years, and tells the audience to find their own Dave.
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Chris says volume negates luck and work ethic defeats fear, and that by the fourth show he finally trusted his material.
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"And now we have a metric ton of Nando's and the new Godzilla movie. What else do you want?"
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"And now we have a metric ton of Nando's and the new Godzilla movie. What else do you want?"
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· "Anyway, we're going to go Soho House. I'm going to get to catch up with some friends."
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