He is expecting a similar feeling when he steps on to the Globe Theatre stage in London next year.
The year 12 King’s High School pupil has succeeded in a long run of local and national Shakespeare competitions and has been invited to perform as part of the Young Shakespeare Company in London.
The Globe Theatre was one of the most famous acting theatres in the world and it would be a big challenge to perform there, Daniel said.
He had never been in front of that many people before and was admittedly a bit nervous about it.
The largest performance he had ever done was at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington earlier this year.
He hoped his Globe Theatre performance would give him a similar sensation and was looking forward to proving himself.
It had been a long road to achieve such heights.
Earlier this year his group won the 15-minute act regional bout of the Sheilah Winn National Shakespeare Festival with a scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Daniel played Tybalt in a scene from act three of the play, which was a dynamic combat scene, he said.
The group continued on to the national stage, where they performed their scene at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.
About 50 of the top performers were selected from the national competition to take part in an eight-day workshop, he said.
He was one of the top 24 performers from the workshop who were chosen to travel to London in July next year for a 19-day training camp.
The performers would also have the chance to see the sights and travel around the city, he said.
At the end of the trip he would perform alongside his fellow thespians at the Globe Theatre in London.
He had never been to Europe before and was looking forward to the experience.
