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Mike Packer (born Lusaka, Zambia) is an English Dramatist, actor and poet. He has written several critically acclaimed plays, among them ''Cardboys'', ''A Carpet, a Pony and a Monkey'', ''tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ!', and "Inheritance". His plays have been performed at major new writing institutions in the UK, including London’s Bush Theatre, Newcastle Live, and Soho. Internationally, his work has been performed in Russia, Australia, Hungary, and Germany. His debut play ''To Live Like a King'' was a runner-up for the Allied Domecq New Playwrights Award. tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! opened to rave reviews at London's Bush Theatre, in 2007. Since when it’s been performed on three continents, and still runs in repertory at the Sovremennik Theatre of Moscow, under the title of ANARCHY. Directed by Garik Sukachyov, with Mikhael Efremov winning the Moscow Times Best Actor, As an actor, Packer appeared in several TV series, and one off drama's. He also worked extensively in the theatre, performing lead roles in classic works by Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Shakespeare. As well as numerous new plays at The Royal Court, The Riverside Studios, and The Old Half Moon. For a short period in the early 1990s, he was a successful performance poet under the name of Packman. Winning the London Poetry slam, being a runner up in the inaugural UK all comers slam, and performing at the Glastonbury Festival. In the late 1980s Packer could frequently be seen cycling in and around Chiswick whilst working as a bicycle courier. He lives with the Actress and Director Julia Ford and their two children in Brighton, East Sussex.. ==External links== * http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/nov/25/theatre * http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/article75758.ece *(Guardian review of ''tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ!'' ) * http://arts.Telegraph.co uk/theatre/reviews/Never Mind The Horlicks * http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/nov/07/inheritance-review * http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/05-2002/carpet-pony-and-monkey_27648.html * http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/11-2007/the-dysfunckshonalz_20241.html * http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/theatre/playing-games-with-the-bulldog-boys-743427 * http://www.knighthallagency.com/client/mike-packer/ * http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/anarchy-shocks-and-indulges-at-sovremennik/454251.html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Packer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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