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Steve Hughes: Heavy Metal, Udder Place, Old Steine Lawns, Brighton, May 11
3:02pm Monday 12th May 2008
He hasn't got the most memorable name, but Australian comic Steve Hughes is an unforgettable live experience.
A former heavy metal musician, his is powerful, intelligent stand-up turned all the way up to 11. He questions everything from the media manipulation of our news to the increasing presence of Big Brother (Orwell's, not Channel 4's) in everyday life.
Even his sillier stuff - material about Boy George's impact on late-1980s conservative Australia ("Do you really want to hurt me? Like you wouldn't believe, mate.") or the British hysteria about weather ("It's not a heatwave! A heatwave is when elephants die. It's just the sun!") - is beautifully written and elegantly, effortlessly delivered.
The comparisions to Bill Hicks are inevitable, but seem to spring mainly from the fact Hughes is angry about subjects worth being angry about.
No hero-worshipping imitator, if anything Hughes is the successor to the late, great comedian's crown.
Editor's Choice
Eco-dilemmas solved
All the top tip columns make being green sound so easy: just change your light bulbs, walk to the shops and do your recycling, but it never really works out like that. SARAH LEWIS turns agony aunt and answers some of your pressing eco-questions.
Comment: Sign up to an NHS dentist to beat decay
When the new NHS dental contract was introduced, large numbers of dentists left the NHS and focused on private patients.
Woe of Woolies
Woolworths, one of the best-known names on the British high street, has been put into administration with £385 million of debt. As company bosses and administrators Deloitte wrestle with the task of rescuing the business, RICHARD GURNER takes a look back at the company’s history in Sussex and asks business leaders what needs to be done to revive its fortunes.
This week's walk: Horsted Keynes and Furner's Green
From the village of Horsted Keynes, this walk heads eastwards to encircle the nearby settlement of Danehill, crossing and recrossing two well-wooded valleys before returning along part of the Sussex Border Path, a longdistance walking route which sticks fairly closely to the boundary between East and West Sussex.
In this section
- Eyes Down! Bingo with Ida Barr, Udderbelly, Brighton, May 24
- Brain Drain, Cella @ Sanctuary Cafe, Hove, May 24
- Ising On The Cake, Friend’s Meeting House, Brighton, until May 23
- The Marilyn Monroe Show, The Parlure Spiegeltent, Brighton, until May 25
- Rob Deering, Udder Place, Brighton, May 17
- An Evening Of Playback Theatre, The Brunswick, Hove, May 18
- Me And Jezebel, Brighton Little Theatre, Brighton, until May 24
- Follow Me, Komedia, Brighton, until May 21
- I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!, Brighton Unitarian Church, until May 21
- Coco Peru, Komedia, Brighton, until May 21
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