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what would you call a limelight-hogger?!

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kitty | 15:03 Wed 10th Mar 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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Im writing a review about a performance, and basically i want to say that the one-man show was basically to serve the guys ego - that it's all centered around him, that he's blowing his own trumpet etc. Im thinking there must be a specific, more intellectual word for this type of person, or this type of instance - someone doing something to make themself look good. Does anyone know what im trying to get at here?? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
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What about 'ham'? The original word to describe an egocentric theatrical type - it puts your meaning accross very simply, and accurately, in one word.
The verb, 'to show-boat' means to put on an exaggerated performance in an effort to draw an audience's attention to oneself rather than others. This refers to the days of paddle-steamers, on the Mississippi for example, which specialised in putting on very overdone, showy performances. Such an actor would be called a 'show-boater'.
narcissistic is a good word. It means vain and self-obsessed. The noun is narcissist. It comes from a greek myth about a boy called Narcissus who was so taken with his own reflection that he pined away.
Something like 'egotistical', or self-glorifying, adulation...

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