In the 1920s Homo erectus distorted himself a bit, and took to swinging round church towers or chandeliers as thePhantom of theOpera and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Like the Hunchback of Notre-Dame or thePhantom of theOpera, Hugo lives a secret life in a public place a rubbishy room up in the clockworks, where he tinkers with inventions old and new.
It has been nominated again this year and is up against Billy Elliot the Musical, ThePhantom of theOpera and Wicked for the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award - the only Olivier voted for by the public.