peter flaherty as "michael" Peter has held down day jobs as a barman, bouncer, rock’n’roller, wedding singer and podiatrist. But his first love has always been performing on stage and screen. He worked professionally as an actor on Australian television in series such as Neighbours, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air and State Coroner, as well as taking to the stage in various amateur theatre productions, before “things came unstuck”. In 1999, while he was on his way to lunch with a producer, Peter was hit on his motorbike by a four-wheel drive doing an illegal U-turn. The accident affected every part of his body, the most serious being the bruising to his frontal lobe and a badly damaged neck and knees. Four years later, after many surgeries (including four plates and six screws that are now holding his neck together), Peter is undergoing what he hopes is the last set of operations on his knees, which will enable him to walk without the use of his stick. He attributes his recovery to his ability to have a good laugh and his circle of loving family and friends. He is delighted to have been able to return to the stage this year in the role of "Andrew" in Chasing Pegasus (A Play in Ten Chords), directed by Sally McLean. back to cast

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