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INTERVIEWS WITH JOHN THOMSON AND HUGH PADGHAM (AND AUDIENCE Q&As)Doors 18:45, starts 19:30, to finish at approx 22:30 (times may change slightly). At The Tusk Club, at The Walrus, 10 Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD / Book at www.the-space.uk
JOHN THOMSON
John Thomson is an actor, narrator and a comedian, best known for The Fast Show, which began in 1994, and the ITV drama comedy Cold Feet. The most famous character he regularly played in the thirty year-old BBC sketch show was Louis Balfour, the host of "Jazz Club" well known for his catchphrase, "Nice!" He starred in every episode of ITV's Cold Feet, which was broadcast between 1997 and 2020.
John's many other onscreen appearances included Waterloo Road, Coronation Street, which saw him in sixty-one episodes, the musical drama Blackpool, also starring David Tennant and David Morrissey, 24 Hour Party People, Playing the Field and Men Behaving Badly. He is also known for providing voices for a wide range of shows, such as thirty-five Spitting Image episodes, which included him portraying Michael Portillo and Rupert Murdoch, among others. John has worked on TV shows with Steve Coogan, from The Day Today to Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge and appeared in some of Coogan's live shows as compere and comedian Bernard Righton. They both won the Perrier Award in 1992, after performing together in the Edinburgh Fringe. He is the narrator of the Channel 5 series Police Interceptors.
HUGH PADGHAM
Hugh Padgham is one of the UK's most renowned record producers. He has played a part in the making of many of the eighties' biggest albums and singles, including for artists such as Phil Collins, Genesis, The Police and Sting, as well as David Bowie, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush. He produced five of Collins' albums and many of his singles, including In the Air Tonight and Sussudio. For The Police, the classics Don't Stand So Close to Me, Every Breath You Take, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic and Sting's Fields of Gold. Hugh produced much of Genesis' music, including the huge album Invisible Touch and earlier songs such as Mama and That's All. David Bowie's 1984 album, Tonight, which features Blue Jean and Loving the Alien, he also was the producer of.
His career has also included production on output from XTC, such as for Senses Working Overtime, Human League, including Louise, Paul McCartney, producing his 1986 album, Press to Play, engineering Peter Gabriel's third album, as well as co-engineering Kate Bush's The Dreaming. Hugh later worked with McFly, producing four number one singles for the band.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Walrus, 10 Ship Street,Brighton and Hove, Brighton, United Kingdom