It was the Scottish comedian’s first time visiting Dunedin. He had been away from home for nearly eight weeks.
"I was sitting there in the stand at Forsyth Barr ... and I welled up with tears, that wee bit of homesickness after being away for eight weeks."
From street names to driving through Bannockburn, there was Scottish heritage "peppered all about Otago", Fummey said.
Now, he is bringing his stand-up act — Scotland Made The World — to this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.
The hour-long show was a "romp through history", from the 15th century to the modern world, explaining how Scotland had impacted the way the world looked today, he said.
"People in Otago know about Scots, but a lot of people won't realise how the things that have happened in [Scotland’s] history have impacted the whole world.
"But by the time they come out, they will, and they’ll have a laugh along the way."
A former physics teacher turned tour guide by day and stand-up comedian by night, Fummey started posting videos about Scottish history to YouTube during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Uploaded every Saturday morning, each 10- to 15-minute video tells a story from a different part of Scotland’s history, including The Picts, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.
He has produced more than 350 videos and his YouTube channel has 240,000 subscribers.
The live show would feature "many more jokes and smut" than there would be in a normal Saturday morning upload, he said.
Scotland Made The World will be showing tomorrow, Friday and Saturday at the New Athenaeum Theatre.
