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Adam Kay has had an interesting career path.\xa0

The UK comedian and bestselling author started off as a doctor, leaving after undiagnosed symptoms led to severe complications and a stillborn during one of his surgeries.\xa0

He went on to write This is Going to Hurt, a book based on the diaries he wrote during his time as a doctor, which went on to sell more than five million copies worldwide.\xa0

Kay has since turned the book into a comedy show which sold out on the West End, and was also turned into a miniseries.\xa0

He\u2019s bringing the comedy show to kiwi audiences as part of the NZ International Comedy Festival, taking to the stage on May 1st.\xa0

Coming from a very normal background, fame has been interesting for Kay, telling Mike Hosking that it\u2019s been weird to have people come up and ask for photos.\xa0

\u201cIt\u2019s quite weird that more people know me than I know people,\u201d he said.\xa0

\u201cBut I\u2019m getting used to it and I\u2019m just, I\u2019m glad all these people have watched my shows, or read my books, or whatever and want to say hi.\u201d\xa0

Performing on stage has a different energy to selling books, the latter being quite abstract according to Kay.\xa0

\u201cYou get an email from the publisher saying congratulations on this many copies, or it\u2019s been published in this many languages, but going on stage, and you know, speaking, hopefully amusing people in their, in their thousands, it\u2019s like nothing on earth.\u201d\xa0

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