Of Mice and Men

Nigel has had an extensive career spanning five decades. He has worked with Steven Berkoff, performed a leading role in London’s West End in The Fifteen Streets as well as many of the regional theatres in the UK. Internationally Nigel has performed in the USA and all over Europe and Asia in over 100 plays. Founding member of The Cherub Theatre and Medieval Players Theatre companies, first performing in Edinburgh at the Fringe in The Two Noble Kinsmen in 1979. Well known on TV for his appearances in Dr Who and Grange Hill as well as many of the UK’s popular programmes. Has produced, together with his Fringe Management partner Michael Blaha, the first pantomime in Los Angeles, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, in 1993. Last seen in Doha in Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act, which has since being touring the UK and will be part of the Cunard programme in 2026 on The Queen Mary 2.

Since graduating from The Arts Educational Schools in 1984, Michael has appeared in countless theatre productions over the years. Most notably as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Dr Frankenstein in Frankenstein, Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Dr Watson in The Return of Sherlock Holmes and, of course, George in Of Mice and Men. He has appeared in several TV programmes and films, including Coronation Street.

Michael is a regular, year-round cold water swimmer in the Hampstead ponds in London and featured in the recent documentary The Ponds.