It was at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 1999 that Hughesy was forced to move from a tiny upstairs city bar into a 300-seat room at the Melbourne Town Hall. Word had started to spread about this impossibly laid back guy from Warrnambool.
Since 1999, Hughesy has become one of the biggest and most loved names in Australian stand-up comedy. Honest and imperfect is how Australians like their comedy and Dave Hughes delivers exactly that in spades.
Dave made the decision last year that 2014 would be the year he would spend on stage with a microphone, plying his trade as a stand up.
To make space he had to make some difficult decisions. In December he and Kate Langbroek ended their Nova 100 breakfast radio show with a show at the iconic Athenaeum Theatre. They ended on top of the ratings and on top of their game.
Soon after Dave wrapped up his gig as co-host of Network Ten’s The Project after almost 5 years on the desk. 2013 also saw the final series of Before The Game, the iconic and much loved AFL Footy show that Dave had co-hosted since 2003.
Now with a clean slate Dave is hitting the road and getting back on stage with a brand new show, Pointless. This is Dave’s first national tour in more than a decade and he’s planning to stretch his legs with seasons in every capital city and shows in pretty much any town with a stage and a PA. Dave will also be playing London’s West End in August 2014.
