Hugh Hughes in...Floating

WINNER Total Theatre Award
WINNER M-ie Best Live Theatre Award
NOMINEE Best Actor, The Stage Awards

The incredible story of the day when the Isle of Anglesey floated away from mainland Wales.

Created and performed by Sioned Rowlands and I (Hugh Hughes)

With help from Shon Dale-Jones, Jill Norman, Stefanie Muller, Alex Byrne and Guy Myhill

Sioned and I first performed Floating at the Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast on 12 September 2005.

I’m really excited that Floating will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 9 Sept 2011

Produced by Hoipolloi

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An award for Floating

Posted on January 31, 2012

Sioned and I, Hugh Hughes, are very humbled to announce that our radio version of Floating has won an award.

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Projects: Floating

Tags: #audiodrama, Floating, Hoipolloi, Hugh Hughes, hugh hughs, hughs, huw huws, radio drama, Sioned

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See me, Hugh Hughes, live!

Posted on October 7, 2011

Hugh Hughes here. I’m doing some live performances over the next couple of weeks, it would be fantastic to see you at one (or more!) of them.

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Projects: 360, Floating

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A welcome to anyone who listened to Floating

Posted on September 9, 2011

A special welcome to the website for anyone who has been listening to Floating on BBC Radio 4. Have a good look around the website. This blog has a bit more info that you might find useful!

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A little more about Floating on BBC Radio 4

Posted on September 5, 2011

Those of you who have seen my production of Hugh Hughes in…Floating will know that on 1 April 1982, the Isle of Angelsey separated from the mainland of Wales and floated out into the North Atlantic.

As I’ve mentioned before, there’s now a chance for others to hear about this remarkable event because I, Hugh Hughes have been working with BBC Radio 4 to tell the story as an afternoon play.

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Projects: Floating

Tags: afternoon play, Anglesey, bbc radio 4, flaoting, Floating, Hoipolloi, Hugh Hughes, hugh hughs, huw huws, radio drama, wales, welsh

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An interview on BBC 6 Music

Posted on September 1, 2011

Shon from Hoipolloi went on BBC Radio 6 Music’s breakfast show (with Shaun Keaveny) to chat about Floating, the first Hugh Hughes production on BBC Radio 4.

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Projects: Floating

Tags: 6 music, afternoon play, Anglesey, BBC, comedy, Floating, Hugh Hughes, Radio 4, radio drama, shaun keaveny, shon dale-jones, Theatre, wales, welsh

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Hugh Hughes in… Floating on BBC Radio 4

Posted on August 22, 2011

As some of you may know, I have recently been working to adapt my show, Hugh Hughes in… Floating into a radio drama for BBC Radio 4. Now the date of broadcast has been set and I am finally able to share the exact date – Friday 9 September. And there’s also a little competition to enter too!

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Projects: Floating

Tags: 9 sept, 9 september, afternoon play, Anglesey, BBC, Floating, Hoipolloi, hugh, Hugh Hughes, hugh hughs, huw huws, Llangefni, plays on radio, R4, Radio 4, radio drama, Sioned, Theatre

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Hugh Hughes in…#HughQs Leeds

Posted on May 16, 2011

Here’s a copy of the Twitter conversation I (@hughhughes) had with West Yorkshire Playhouse (@wyplayhouse) today.

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Projects: 360, Bonus items, Bonus items, Bonus items, Bonus items, Floating, Story of a Rabbit, Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes

Tags: #hughqs, Dafydd, Friends & Family, Gareth, Hugh Hughes, Leeds, Sioned, Snowdon, Travel & Touring, Twitter, Video, West Yorkshire Playhouse

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The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

Posted on May 3, 2011

In May (Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21) I’ll be taking The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes to West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Do come and join me!

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Projects: 360, Floating, Stories from an Invisible Town, Story of a Rabbit, Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes

Tags: Anglesey, Hugh Hughes, Hugh Hughes Roughbook, hughs, Leeds, Llangefni, Process & Making, Snowdon, Travel & Touring, West Yorkshire Playhouse

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The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes at The Junction, Cambridge this week

Posted on March 21, 2011

Hello everyone. Where are you right now? I always find it a bit strange that so many people in so many different places could be reading these words all at the same time. It’s a nice strange, though. I mean, [...]

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Projects: 360, Floating, Stories from an Invisible Town, Story of a Rabbit, Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes

Tags: Cambridge, Friends & Family, Home, Hugh Hughes, hughs, photos, Plymouth, Travel & Touring

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Hugh Hughes… a transcript of #HughQs (dinner)

Posted on March 14, 2011

This post is my third and final session of Hugh Hughes in…#HughQs, my interview on Twitter. It’s the dinner slot, or ‘the late shift’ if you like…

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Projects: 360, Bonus items, Bonus items, Bonus items, Bonus items, Floating, Story of a Rabbit, Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes

Tags: #hughqs, Aled, Cambridge, Dafydd, Friends & Family, Gareth, Hugh Hughes, hughs, Observations, Plymouth, Sioned, Travel & Touring, Twm, Vancouver

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