Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

 

Hugh Bonneville has written a book called Playing Under the Piano, and during October and November he’ll be skipping around the country talking about it. #hughbontour

From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for an estate agent, Hugh creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert de Niro’s right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice?

A wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes with poignancy about his father’s dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death.

Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this is a richly entertaining account of his life as an actor.

 

“The actor’s self-deprecating memoir is comedy gold…I don’t remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs.” Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times

 

DATES AND VENUES:

15 October, 7.30pm | Cadogan Hall, LONDON
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15 October, 7.30pm | ONLINE LIVE STREAM from Cadogan Hall & ON DEMAND for One Week
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16 October, 1pm | The Forum, CHELTENHAM
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20 October, 7.30pm | Graylingwell Chapel, CHICHESTER
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21 October, 8pm | Octagon Auditorium, YEOVIL
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23 October, 5pm | Octagon Centre, SHEFFIELD
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24 October, 7.30pm | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, GUILDFORD
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26 October, 7.30pm | Stag Theatre, SEVENOAKS
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30 October, 7.30pm | Rother College Theatre, MIDHURST
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31 October, 8pm | Younger Hall, ST ANDREWS
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1 November, 7.30pm | Tom Fleming Centre, EDINBURGH
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6 November, 6pm | Electric Palace, BRIDPORT (with Julian Fellowes)
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13 November, 5pm | Baillie Gifford Ballroom, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
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15 November, 7pm | Temple Ner Tamid, NEW JERSEY
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16 November, 7pm | Politics and Prose Bookstore, WASHINGTON DC
Free with first come, first served seating

19 November, 6pm | Cambridge Union, CAMBRIDGE
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24 November, 7.30pm | MCT at Alleyn’s School, DULWICH
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