Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

When: Paperback: 15th June 2023 (UK & Ireland) | 8th August 2023 (USA & Canada) | 12th September 2023 (Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand)

Memoir.

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.


Order a copy here

Signed hardback copies are available from Waterstones (UK and overseas).

Paperback release dates:
UK & Ireland – 15th June 2023
USA & Canada – 8th August 2023.
Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand – 12th September 2023.

Book tour – 2022 dates and venues


Listen to a preview of the audiobook, read by Hugh:



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