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The Rat Pack's
Back has taken the concert and corporate world by storm in a tight,
polished, tongue-in-check cabaret act evoking the style of the
infamous American Rat Pack and starring some of the UK's and
Australia's brightest talents.
The team sing
and dance up a storm with some of the world's most loved songs made
famous by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr.
With
masterfully recorded backing tracks or a live swing band, The Rat
Pack's Back recreates the sound of the Big Band era in a dazzling
show.
Dressed to the
nines, the three guys venture into the audience with witty one
liners and soaring vocals, standing on chairs and even getting a
lucky few up to dance! The act reaches its climax with a fully
choreographed rendition of the classic - New York, New York.
 
Each of the
performers in The Rat Pack's Back has worked extensively all over
the world in major musical productions, concerts and corporate
events, television and film.
Between them,
they have stared in such shows as The Rat Pack: Live From Las Vegas,
The Phantom of the Opera; Les Miserables; Aspects of Love; Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat; Anything Goes; The Sound of
Music; Hello Dolly!; Side By Side By Sondheim; Cats; Withches of
Eastwick; Grease; We Will Rock You; Dirty Dancing; Guys & Dolls and
Spamalot to mention just a few.
RAT PACK’S BACK
BIOGRAPHIES
NEIL GORDON
Neil trained as an actor at the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art (R.A.D.A.). His West End credits include
Detective Sergeant Trotter in ‘The Mousetrap’ and Micky Johnstone in
‘Blood Brothers’ at the Phoenix Theatre.
Neil's singing career has seen him
travel all over the world performing as far a-field as Singapore
singing Frank Sinatra classics in ‘Kings of Swing’, ‘Legends of
Swing’, ‘The Rat Pack’s Back’ and most recently as Frank Sinatra in
the European tour of ‘The Rat Pack - Live from Las Vegas’.
He has become a firm favourite with
many of the UK's leading bands including The London Swing Orchestra,
The Rat Pack Big Band, The Opus One Big Band, The Barry Robinson Big
Band, Swing City, The Kings of Swing, The Big Swing and The Rat
Pack's Back. Notable recent performances include 'Frank Sinatra' in
'The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas' for Flying Music, 'Udo Jurgens'
70th Birthday Party' a live European syndicated TV special with
13million viewers and 'An Evening of Swing' with Lorna Luft and The
Barry Robinson Big Band at the Cumberland Hotel in London. Corporate
clients include: Royal Bank of Scotland, Singapore Airlines, Deutche
Bank, Ernst & Young, Celador, IPC Media, Norwich Union and FIFA.
Neil has toured the U.K. and Europe
extensively playing the roles of 2nd Lieutenant Truly in 'Conduct
Unbecoming', Frank Sinatra in 'Lanza-The Last Serenade', Terry (lead
guitarist) in 'Electric Lipstick'.
Other theatre
credits include Bert Healy / Drake the Butler in 'Annie' at
Perth Repertory Theatre; Taff Owen in 'No Trams to Lime Street' at
the Liverpool Playhouse; Ian in 'The Demon Headmaster' and Fox in
'The Animals of Farthing Wood' (both at the Pleasance Theatre,
London); Orlando in 'As You Like It' at Lincoln’s Inn Gardens,
London and Aaron Winthrop in 'Silas Marner' for the Outreach Theatre
Company. Neil also sang the Non Credo (in welsh) in Bernstein’s
'Mass' at the National Eisteddfod.
Neil's TV and Film credits include
Damien Winters in 'The Verdict' for CST / Anglia Television and Taff
Thomas in 'Minestrike!' for COI Productions.
Neil has recently recorded his debut solo album 'The Best is Yet to
Come'.
JASON
PENNYCOOKE
Jason trained at the Northern School
of Contemporary Dance and The London Studio Centre.
His theatre credits
include:
Sammy Davis Jnr. in THE RAT PACK _
LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS Admiral/Eros in THE BIG LIFE - Apollo Theatre,
London/Stratford East. Will Scarletti in ROBIN & THE 7 HOODS – The
Venue. STOMP-Vaudeville Theatre, London/European Tour. Joe
Wellington in GOLDEN BOY - Greenwich Theatre. John Jasper in SIMPLY
HEAVENLY - Young Vic Theatre. Benny, U/s Angel in RENT– Prince of
Wales Theatre/Original UK tour. Joe Grant in SAMMY – National tour.
Divine Justice in WHITE FOLKS – Tricycle Theatre. Lamar in ELEGIES
PUNKS and RAGING QUEENS – Globe Theatre. Jason in SOUL TRAIN -
Original cast, Victoria Palace Theatre. HEY MR. PRODUCER – Lyceum
Theatre. Rocky III in STARLIGHT EXPRESS– Apollo Victoria. Little Moe
in FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE – Albery Theatre and Coricopat in CATS – UK
tour.
His choreographic
credits include:
PORGY & BESS – Savoy Theatre, London
THE BIG LIFE – Apollo Theatre/Stratford East (Also Resident
Director) TIME FLOWS – Streetwise Opera Co. RED RIDING HOOD –
Stratford East Theatre Royal. SAMMY – National tour. POISON ARROWS –
Feature Film, Pro-active Pictures. UK GARAGE AWARDS. FAME ACADEMY (Endemol
Productions). MJ DAY - Hamm' Apollo/London Astoria.
Jason’s
television credits include:
HE’S HAVING A BABY - Hat-Trick Productions, BBC1 & BBC3. SHOPPING –
Feature Film. Joe in STAY LUCKY – Yorkshire Television. Various
commercial videos: Mel B, Toni Braxton, Moorcheeba etc... Various
adverts: COCA COLA, CHUPA CHUPS, FORD and HALIFAX.
MARK HALLIDAY
Mark has appeared in a number of shows and commercials. He toured
with Alvin Stardust in The Musical Rock Hard and played both
‘Darren’ and ‘Robbie’ in two separate tours of Girls Night Out.
He renewed his acquaintance with the
Theatre Royal, Lincoln, in their production of Aspects of Love in
the role of 'Hugo', and understudied the role of 'Alex'. The UK Tour
of Spend, Spend, Spend followed, in which he understudied and played
the lead role of 'Keith'.
Mark spent two years in the United
States creating the role of 'Hades' in Disney's new musical
Hercules. He also created the role of bumbling magician 'Morty' in
Morty the Magnificent, in which he learned how to perform real
magic.
Following this, Mark was the romantic lead, 'King Marchan', in the
European premiere of Victor/Victoria at the Bridewell Theatre.
Mark appeared as 'Dean Martin' in the
European tour of The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas during
2004/2005.
Over the last Christmas period he appeared in Snow White and the
Seven Dwarves in High Wycombe.
RICHARD LLOYD KING
Richard is an exceptional performer
with over thirty years experience in UK entertainment industry.
He is currently performing in Dirty
Dancing in the West-End and his numerous other theatre credits
include: Hot Mikado, Five Guys Named Moe, Cats, Miss Saigon, Fosse,
My One and Only, Copacabana, Porgy and Bess, Dance of the Dragon,
Gay Poets in Mud, Orlandus and I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then
I Saw The Sky.
T.V. credits
include: Court Room, Judge John Deed, Hollyoaks, Casualty,
Doctors, The Basil Brush Show and Mosley.
MARK INSCOE
Mark’s theatre credits include: Dean
Martin in The Rat Pack – Live From Las Vegas, Lumiere in the UK Tour
of Beauty and the Beast, Vitorio Vidal in Sweet Charity (Sheffield
Crucible – Winner of 2003 TMA Best Musical); Boone in first national
tour of Whistle Down the Wind; Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (20th
anniversary production, Bridewell Theatre, London); Jules/Bob
Greenberg in Sunday in the Park With George (Leicester Haymarket); W
D Taylor in Mack and Mabel (Piccadilly Theatre); Captain von Trapp
in The Sound of Music (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); original cast
of Sunset Boulevard (Adelphi Theatre); Grantaire/Foreman Les
Misérables (Palace Theatre); Howard Carter in Tutankhamun (Northcott
Theatre, Exeter); Baron Von Geigern in Grand Hotel (Dominion
Theatre); Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre); Anything
Goes (Prince Edward Theatre); Evita (Opera House, Manchester); the
African and Crocodile in Just So (Barbican Theatre, Plymouth).
Television
includes: Howard’s Way.
Revue:
Dean Martin in The Rat Pack’s Back; The Gypsy in Me (one-man show of
Coward and Porter); Perfectly Weill (Jigsaw Music Theatre); Speak
Low (RADA).
Recordings: Sunset Boulevard; George in
La Cage aux Folles; Will Parker in Oklahoma; Bill in Me and My Girl;
An Evening With Alan J Lerner.
Concerts include: Les Misérables (with
the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra); Sweeney Todd (Royal Festival
Hall, London); Principal Singer in Leonard Bernstein Gala; (HerodAtticus
Theatre, Athens), Cavalcade of Coward (Piccadilly Theatre) – and
performing worldwide in cabaret. Mark also has an Honours degree in
Geology from Exeter University.
GRAHAM MACDUFF
Graham’s theatre work has seen him
perform in the West-End and tour throughout the UK. His credits
include ‘Guys and Dolls’ (Picadilly
Theatre), ‘Grand Hotel’ (Donmar
Warehouse), ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum’ (Royal National Theatre), ‘Orin’
in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (West
Yorkshire Playhouse), ‘Billy Flynn’ in
‘Chicago’ (Adelphi Theatre), ‘Miss
Texas’ in ‘Pageant’ (Vaudeville Theatre), ‘Michael’
in ‘Don’t Turn Away’ (UK Tour), ‘Bernado’
in ‘West Side Story’ (Prince of Wales Theatre), ‘Sonny
/ Kenickie’ in ‘Grease’ (UK
Tour), ‘Miss Saigon’ (Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane), ‘Simon de Hereford’ in ‘Me
& My Girl’ (UK Tour), ‘The Arbiter’ in
‘Chess’ (UK Tour), ‘Herb’ in ‘Godspell’
and ‘Tulsa’ in ‘Gypsy’
both at The Mercury Theatre, Colchester.
Graham’s TV and Film credits include:
‘The Phantom of the Opera’ (Really
Useful Films), ‘Beyond the Sea’ (Kevin
Spacey), ‘Maurice’ in ‘Down to Earth’
(BBC TV) and ‘Clark’ in ‘The
Royal’ (YORKSHIRE TV)
In 2007 Graham will be playing the
leading role of Sir Galahad in the West-End production of ‘Spamalot’
GLENN
MACNAMARA
Glenn trained at Guildford School of
Acting. His professional credits include: The Canterville Ghost, Bye
Bye Birdie, Snow White, and She Stoops to Conquer. On T.V. He was
recently seen in ‘Morris 2247’ on Channel 5.
A devotee of swing and easy listening
music, when not acting Glenn can be found performing regularly all
over the UK with ‘The King’s of Swing’ and his own quartet ‘The Big
Swing’.
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