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Hugh Hughes entwined comedy with reassuring life stories.
The piece started with Hugh himself greeting and mixing with audience members entering the theatre itself.
Although Hugh was funny I felt that the piece lacked point; leaving the theatre I was wondering what I had actually seen. Was it a stand up comedy performance, or some kind of life conference about friendship? Although the message was mixed I felt like Hughes’ performance and showmanship was outstanding using himself and a lone microphone to emphasise points etc. I also thought his storytelling was excellent.
I thought that Hughes’ performer-audience relationship was admirable. He conversed with the audience well from the beginning to the end using the likely pick on some people technique.
Overall a good performance from Hugh Hughes, using a comical theme, he tells us his life story. Some swearing in the parts.
James Wade
East Bergholt High School
11th October 2009
A microphone. The stage. The audience. Hugh Hughes. This was all the man himself needed to create an evening that was both humourous and thought provoking.
As we entered the auditorium, Hugh was making his way through the audience, introducing people to each other. This type of interaction continued throughout the show, making us feel as though we were all friends, which was what Hugh had aimed for all along.
With his significant Welsh accent, Hugh was charming, funny, cheeky and a little bit cute, especially whilst talking about his childhood infatuation with a girl who he described as ‘Maybe the most beautiful girl in the world’.
In my opinion, Hugh’s greatest strength is his ability to control the audience. He is able to absorb the audience completely into his world, we could see what he saw and feel what he felt. This was especially evident whilst he was re enacting the climb up the mountain.
With tales of friendship, a first love, building dams and a trip up Mount Snowdon, which we all found we could relate to in one way or another, Hugh Hughes in 360 provides an uplift for anyone with problems with work or in a foul mood. Don’t expect stand up comedy, just an insight in to the world of Hugh Hughes, the good, the bad and the downright funny.
Lori Thurston
East Bergholt High School
11th October 2009
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