Now 80 years old, Michael Craig has had a distinguished career spanning more than half a century in film, television and on stage in the UK, Europe and Australia, where he was recently voted “The Most Trusted Man In Australia” for his long standing role as the curmudgeonly Doctor William Sharp in the long running Australian Medical series, ‘G.P.’’

His many credits include nearly thirty films under contract to both The Rank Organisation and Columbia Pictures including Star with Julie Andrews, Sea of Sand for which he was nominated for a BAFTA as Best British Actor, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Mysterious Island, The Irishman. The Angry Silence which he co-wrote with his brother, the agent, writer and producer Richard Gregson and film maker Bryan Forbes for which he received an Oscar nomination in 1960.

He was given his first lead stage role in 1953 by Sir Peter Hall, and subsequent stage credits include The Wars of the Roses (Stratford and London for the RSC), Teddy in The Homecoming (New York for the RSC), The Inspector in Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls (National Tour), 84 Charing Cross Road (West End), Prospero at the Sydney Opera House for the Sydney Theatre Company, and he starred opposite Barbra Streisand in the original London production of Funny Girl.

Television includes a Logie Awardfor Most Outstanding Actor for his role in G.P.;Triangle, The Foundation, The Emigrants, St Joan, Gras Roots, Doctor Who, Robin of Sherwood, Shoestring, The Professionals, Jackanory, and was the subject of his own This Is Your Life episode in 1994.

As a screenwriter was nominated for the Australian Film Institute’s AFI Award for Best Screenplay for The Fourth Wish

Making her London stage debut opposite Michael is Canadian actress Meghan Popiel.