 Her most recent West End performance was playing Bess in Sir Trevor Nunn's "The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess", between November 2006 and June 2007, for which she was again nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.Other theatre roles have included Yum Yum in "The Hot Mikado" at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury; Bloody Mary in "South Pacific" at the Grange Park Opera; "Follow My Leader", a satirical political revue written by Alistair Beaton, at the Birmingham Rep and the Hampstead Theatre; Zarita in "Simply Heavenly" at the Young Vic; The Lady in "Blues In The Night" at the Birmingham Rep; "Ain't Misbehavin'" at Derby Playhouse; Helene in "Sweet Charity" at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley and "Notes Across a Small Pond" at the Bridewell Theatre.In the summer of 2014, Hughes again played the role of Bess in "Porgy and Bess", this time at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London.