Ian Hughes

Ian Hughes' breakthrough role was in Harry Sinclair's acclaimed TV series and movie Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. He played Ant, a hapless writer whose script involves topless women standing in kitchens and garages...talking about their lives. Topless was followed by multiple TV guest parts (Shortland Street, Xena: Warrior Princess, Bliss) and film roles, including starring in his own Kafkaesque short, The Waiting Room, and acclaimed play Ship Songs. Since 2015 Hughes has worked increasingly behind the camera; he has directed dozens of episodes of Shortland Street and Australian soap Home and Away.

... Hughes is a fantastic performer who effortlessly shifts from woman to man and through centuries of action. He doesn't put a foot or accent wrong as he deftly dances around the stage, handling both the humour and pathos of the play with equal aplomb. Shannon Huse reviewing Ship Songs, NZ Herald, 11 August 2008