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Mike is currently working on a screen adaptation of his hit play THE DYSFUNCKSHONALZ for RRF Productions and another screen project PLATO, TEDDY, KATH AND MAMMON.
THE DYSFUNCKSHONALZ opened at the Bush Theatre in their prestigious Christmas slot in November 2007.
"Touching & hilarious. If I were a West End producer I'd check this one out sharpish." Telegraph.
"Gloriously thought provoking- Packer writes dialogue that must be an actors dream. Joyous, entertaining- As exhilerating as a Clash gig circa 1977" - Sunday Times
"Clever, ironic, and unfailingly entertaining. The audience seemed euphoric." - The Observer.
His play, A CARPET, A PONY and A MONKEY opened at The Bush Theatre in May 2003. Mike's first play, TO LIVE LIKE A KING was a runner up for the Allied Domecq New Playwrights Award. His second, CARDBOYS was staged at the Bush Theatre from 24 March 1999.
"Hell of a play"
- Daily Mail
"a raucous, compulsively and enjoyably foul-mouthed and boisterously funny play... Packer loves his characters but has no illusions about them: the sign of the true writer"
- The Sunday Times
"I smiled and laughed and shook with enjoyment"
- The Times
Born in Lusaka, Zambia, Mike was brought up in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire and moved to London at the age of eighteen. He became an actor and worked extensively in theatre and television. During the many periods of unemployment he worked in a variety of fill-on jobs ranging from cycle courier to "cardboy". He finally gave up acting in 1997 to concentrate on writing full time.
Mike is represented by Charlotte Knight
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