Sean Hughes

Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedy shows to look out for in 2011

Margaret Cho, Todd Barry and Imran Yusuf among 2011 ones to watch

9 Jun 2011

Down List way, we’ve just about recovered from the devastating news that there will be no sign this year of Bo Burnham, Jonny Sweet, Tommy Tiernan or Pappys. But if you think that kind of comedic void can be filled by this year’s galaxy of acts, then…

Sean Hughes: Ducks And Other Mistakes I’ve Made

Extremely embittered ranting from ex-Buzzcocks man

16 Aug 2010

For anyone who has only seen Hughes participate in light-hearted panel quiz shows, this performance may come as a bit of a shock. Alongside caustic diatribes directed at the Catholic Church (including one particularly eye-opening Bill…

Sean Hughes - Ducks and Other Mistakes I’ve Made

Youngest ever winner of Perrier returns to Fringe

3 Aug 2010

Who’s he then? Sean Hughes was the youngest ever winner of the Perrier back in 1990 at the tender age of 24. At the time he was told that he would be inundated with big-money offers and would continually be swept away to fancy dinners. He moaned that…

Sean Hughes

Sex, anti-depressants and rock’n’roll

24 Aug 2009

Sean Hughes must have wailed with delight when he learned that The Chippendales would be taking to the Debating Hall stage straight after him during his short run of What I Meant to Say Was …. Sex has always been a big theme for the Dubliner and here he…

Sean Hughes: Giving up and giving in

The comic talks adverts, anti-depressants and acting your age

13 Aug 2009

When former Perrier winner Sean Hughes was last in town he lit up The Gilded Balloon, in the right way, allowing the audience to forget a torrential downpour outside. The only damp squib of the evening inside was the enforced sing-a-long to a Waterboys…

Water under the bridge

Former Perrier Award winners appearing at the 2009 festival

28 Jul 2009

Brian Donaldson picks out a quintet of former Perrier Award winners who are appearing again this year without having to worry about all that nomination nonsense

Comedy DVDs

13 Dec 2007

DVD Marcus Brigstocke: Planet Corduroy The Show The erudite satirist rails against the injustices of the world in London’s Shaw Theatre, analysing how tough it must be to live life as a corduroy-loving middle-class white chap. The Extras A stirring…

Top comedy gigs to look out for

10 Sep 2007

Tom Stade It takes years of hard, dedicated gigging to appear as relaxed as Tom Stade does on stage. Charming, handsome and unflappable he may be, but the Canadian émigré also possesses that indefinable knack of drawing you completely into his offbeat…

Sean Hughes

23 Aug 2007

On the face of it, the stage Sean Hughes of 2007 doesn’t seem a whole lot different from the one who nabbed his first bit of fame back in 1990 as the youngest winner of the Perrier. With that boyish gaunt look still intact, he certainly doesn’t look any…

Feature - Sean Hughes

Renaissance man

12 Mar 2007

After 40, the old joke goes, everyone gets the face they deserve. Sean Hughes has had the same hangdog expression for years but he maintains that he hasn’t lost the drive which made him a star in his 20s. ‘When I started out I was full of young comic…