CONOR MCPHERSON (Playwright) was born in Dublin in 1971. He attended University College Dublin, where he began to write and direct. His plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree Bower, St. Nicholas, The Weir, Dublin Carol and Port Authority. Film work includes I Went Down, Saltwater, The Actors and Samuel Beckett’s Endgame. Awards for his theatre work include the Laurence Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award, Critics Circle Award, George Devine Award, Meyer- Whitworth Award and the Stewart Parker Award. Awards for his film work include the CICAE Award for Best Film (Berlin Film Festival for Saltwater), Best Screenplay Award and Jury Prize (San Sebastian Film Festival for I Went Down) and two Irish Film and Television Academy Best Screenplay Awards. His new play, The Seafarer, premieres at London’s National Theatre in September 2006.