Biography - Mikel is from Sligo. He trained at Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris and returned there in 1995 to take the third year pedagogical degree. Previous work at the Abbey and Peacock Theatres includes "The Playboy of The Western World", "The Tempest" and "The Comedy of Errors". He was a founding member of Barabbas...the company. He has directed "Diamonds in the Soil" and "The Lost Days of Ollie Deasy" for Macnas. Mikel has worked with Druid, Passion Machine, Pigsback and Rough Magic theatre companies. Films include "The Commitments", "Guiltrip", "The Butcher Boy", "Sweety Barrett", "Love and Rage", "The Last September" "Three Joes", "Ella Enchanted" and "Intermission". Writing and performing work for Irish television includes "Nothing To It", "Ten Minute Tales", "Den 2" and "Straight to Video". He most recently appeared in "The Clerk and the Clown" at the Kilkenny Arts Festival and in Ionescu's "The Chairs", with the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company.