Michael Harding has worked in theatre as an actor, director and writer. Most widely known as the author of such plays as Strawboys, Una Pooka, Misogynist, Hubert Murray's Widow, Sour Grapes, and Amazing Grace, all produced by the Abbey Theatre, and more than a dozen other plays for leading Irish Companies, including The Kiss, Talking Through his Hat, and Swallow.

He has directed for The Abbey Theatre, The Project Arts Centre, and Red Kettle, and most recently has worked as a performer with many distinguished theatre companies such as The Focus, Blue Raincoat, The Abbey Theatre and Gare St. Lazare.

He was Writer in Association with The National Theatre in 1993, and Writer Fellow at Trinity College in 2001, and has received numerous awards for his theatre work, including The Stewart Parker Award, The Bank of Ireland RTE Award, and Best Male Performer at Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival.

Most recent work THE TINKER'S CURSE, toured Ireland in 2011. (Reviews and further info @ www.thetinkerscurse.net)

He is a member of Aosdana, a columnist with THE IRISH TIMES, and the author of three books of Fiction, PRIEST, THE TROUBLE WITH SARAH GULLION, and BIRD IN THE SNOW.