Stage: He ain’t nothing but a RUFUS hound
West End actor & comedian confirmed for Neville’s Island at Chichester
Fresh from the critically acclaimed West End production One Man, Two Guvnors, Rufus Hound has been confirmed in the cast of Neville’s Island at Chichester’s Theatre in the Park this summer. He will play Roy, one of four businessman sent off on a team building exercise in Tim Firth’s comedy about a disastrous outward bound expedition. They succeed in becoming the first people ever to get shipwrecked on an island in the Lake District. What should have been a bonding process turns into a muddy, bloody fight for survival amid a carnival of recrimination, French cricket and sausages.
Hound’s current role as Francis Henshall in the West End run of One Man, Two Guvnors follows his performance in the UK tour of the National Theatre’s award-winning production. Other acting credits include Utopia (Soho Theatre) and a leading role in the film The Wedding Video, written by Tim Firth.
He recently presented BBC Radio 4’s My Teenage Years, a series in which celebrities talk about the diaries that they kept during adolescence. The programme was a Silver Winner in the Best Comedy category at the 2013 Sony Radio Awards.
Hound has appeared as a regular panellist on numerous popular television quiz and comedy shows including Celebrity Juice, Argumental, and Would I Lie to You?. He took part in Let’s Dance For Sport Relief, winning the 2010 series for his memorable performance as Cheryl Cole, dancing to ‘Fight For This Love’.
Neville’s Island will be the second production staged in the Theatre in the Park, a temporary state-of-the-art auditorium which will be built in June while the Festival Theatre’s £22 million RENEW redevelopment continues. Directed by Angus Jackson – the director of the Olivier Award-winning production Goodnight Mister Tom – this promises to be a technically and visually ambitious staging of a darkly funny play. Jackson also directs If Only at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in June.
Neville’s Island runs in the Theatre in the Park from Wednesday 11–Saturday 28 September, Evenings 7.30pm (except Friday 20 September, 7pm). Matinees 2.30pm. 18 – 25 tickets £8.50, other tickets from £10.
To book, visit cft.org.uk or contact the Box Office on 01243 781312.
