The last laugh

By Joanne Brookfield
Updated January 28 2018 - 9:43am, first published February 20 2016 - 1:25am
Fun parlour: Dave and Holly with their children Raff , 6, Tess, 3 and Sadie, 4 Photo: Bill Farr
Fun parlour: Dave and Holly with their children Raff , 6, Tess, 3 and Sadie, 4 Photo: Bill Farr
The interior is well-fitted out for a young family. Photo: Bill Farr
The interior is well-fitted out for a young family. Photo: Bill Farr
They knew they wanted to maximise natural light and outdoor spaces, so their brief was for double-level home wrapped around a central courtyard.  Photo: Bill Farr
They knew they wanted to maximise natural light and outdoor spaces, so their brief was for double-level home wrapped around a central courtyard. Photo: Bill Farr
In the kitchen of their light-filled two-storey house  Photo: Bill Farr
In the kitchen of their light-filled two-storey house Photo: Bill Farr

When Dave Hughes tackled the triumvirate of comedy festivals - Melbourne, Montreal and Edinburgh - he also added stand-up gigs in LA and London. It was an intense slog at the best of times ... and he had his wife and three small children on the road with him.

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