- Age Range: 50 - 60
- Ethnicity: European
- Hair Colour: Light Brown
- Eye Colour: Blue
Michael Hurst
Mob: 021772411 Phone: 64 9 376 0882
info@johnsonlaird.co.nz
Profile
Johnson & Laird Management
Mob: 021772411 Phone: 64 9 376 0882
PO Box 78340, Auckland , New Zealand
info@johnsonlaird.co.nz
www.johnsonlaird.com
Credits: Michael Hurst
2021
TV
TV Richard, Mystic
2021
TV
TV Len Brown, Princess of Chaos
2016
TV
TV director, Westside, ep 2.3, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8
2016
TV
TV Cornelius Jones, Terry Teo
2016
TV
TV , 800 Words
2015
TV
TV director, Ash vs Evil Dead, ep 1.6, 1.7
2015
TV
TV director, Step Dave, ep 2.12, 2.13
2015
TV
TV director, Tatau, ep 1.6, 1.7
2015
ST
ST director, adaptor, Lysistrata
2015
ST
ST director, Generation of Zu2013Apocalypse
2015
ST
ST director, A Midsummer Night's Dream
2015
ST
ST fight choreographer, The Lady Killers
2015
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2015
DO
DO narrator, The Lion Queen, ep. 1.1-1.6
2014
ST
ST Pirate Mother, The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate
2014
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2014
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2014
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2014
ST
ST Arthur, An Unseasonable Fall of Snow
2014
ST
ST William Campbell, Trees Beneath the Lake
2014
SF
SF God of War, Death Walks into a Bar
2014
TV
TV director, The Brokenwood Mysteries, ep 1.3
2014
TV
TV director, Step Dave, ep 1.5, 1.6, 1.7
2014
TV
TV 'Michael Hurst', Auckland Daze, ep 2.5, 2.6
2014
ST
ST director, Generation of Z
2014
ST
ST director, Zombie: Red Zone
2014
ST
ST director, Brel
2014
ST
ST director, Brel u2013 One Night Stand
2014
ST
ST fight choreographer, Jesus Christ Superstar
2014
ST
ST fight choreographer, Second Afterlife
2014
ST
ST fight choreographer, Luncheon
2014
ST
ST fight choreographer, Pericles, Prince of Tyre
2014
ST
ST fight choreographer, Macbeth
2014
ST
ST Dick Rancid, Hauraki Horror
2014
ST
ST Brian, The Blind Date Project
2014
DO
DO narrator, Our Big Blue Backyard, season 1
2014
DO
DO narrator, Undercover Rescue
2014
O
O John Key, Decision 2014, ep 1-5
2013
TV
TV director, The Almighty Johnsons, ep 3.7, 3.8
2013
MT
MT director, Chicago
2013
ST
ST The Fool, King Lear
2013
ST
ST fight director, Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe
2013
ST
ST fight choreographer, The Heretic
2013
ST
ST directorial consultant, King Lear
2013
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2013
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2013
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2013
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2013
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2013
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2013
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2013
ST
ST The Mad Butcher, A Basement Christmas Carol
2012
TV
TV director, Spartacus: War of the Damned, ep 2.4, 2.9
2012
TV
TV Kvasir, The Almighty Johnsons, ep 2.1, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13
2012
TV
TV Roman Soldier, Spartacus: Vengeance, ep 2.9
2012
TV
TV "Michael Hurst", Auckland Daze, ep 1.6
2012
MT
MT director, Brel
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
2012
ST
ST Christopher, Tribes
2012
ST
ST production advisor, Much Ado About Nothing
2012
ST
ST co-writer, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (as Bard Day's Night; solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (as FAQ; solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2012
ST
ST Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, No Holds Bard (solo show)
2011
SF
SF Brett, Inorganic
2011
TV
TV director, Spartacus: Vengeance, ep 2.1, 2.6
2011
ST
ST director, adaptor, The Waste Land
2011
ST
ST Mark Rothko, Red
2011
ST
ST sleazy producer, Bare
2011
TV
TV producer, Spartacus: Vengeance
2011
ST
ST artistic supervisor, Richard III
2011
DO
DO narrator, View from Olympus
2011
DO
DO narrator, Brutal Beauty: Sir Miles Warren-Architect
2011
DO
DO narrator, Sound and Fury-John Psathas
2010
FF
FF narrator, Hidden Apartheid: A Report on Caste Discrimination
2010
FF
FF narrator, View from Olympus
2010
TV
TV director, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, ep 3
2010
TV
TV director, Legend of the Seeker, ep 2.17, 2.21
2010
TV
TV "Michael Hurst", The Jono Project, ep 1.12
2010
MT
MT director, Cabaret
2010
ST
ST director, Happy Days
2010
MT
MT Emcee, Cabaret
2010
MT
MT Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd
2010
ST
ST fight choreographer, The Women
2010
TV
TV film reviewer, Reel Late with Kate, ep 1.18
2010
O
O Hamlet, Hamlet Goes Shopping
2009
TV
TV director, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, ep 1.5, 1.9, 1.12
2009
TV
TV director, Legend of the Seeker, ep 1.22, 2.2, 2.12
2009
ST
ST director, Loot
2009
ST
ST co-director, Creditors
2009
ST
ST director, She Stoops to Conquer
2009
ST
ST director, Life is a Dream
2009
ST
ST Angel Gabrielle, Christ Almighty!
2009
ST
ST fight choreographer, Killer Joe
2008
FF
FF Gage, Bitch Slap
2008
FF
FF Ben, The Map Reader
2008
FF
FF Trevor Norton, The Last Magic Show
2008
TV
TV director, Legend of the Seeker, ep 1.08, 1.10
2008
TV
TV Amfortas, Legend of the Seeker, ep 1.13
2008
ST
ST director, Hansel and Gretel
2008
MT
MT director, The Threepenny Opera
2008
ST
ST Donner, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
2008
ST
ST Ray, Blackbird
2008
DO
DO narrator, The Girl Who Didn't Grow
2007
FF
FF Rodney Hide, We're Here to Help
2007
FF
FF Crash, The Tattooist
2007
TV
TV Moogabi (voice), The Adventures of Voopa the Goolash, ep 1.1-1.13
2007
TV
TV presenter, Here to Stay, ep 1.3
2007
ST
ST director, designer, Tis Pity She's a Whore
2007
ST
ST Lady Enid, Nicodemus, Alcazar, Pev Amri, The Mystery of Irma Vep
2007
ST
ST Ariel, The Pillowman
2007
DO
DO narrator, NCEA--Kids v Parents
2006
TV
TV Maska, Maddigan's Quest, ep 1.1-1.4, 1.6-1.13
2006
ST
ST director, The Bacchae
2006
ST
ST director, Twelfth Night
2006
ST
ST director, designer, Mr. Marmalade
2006
ST
ST director, Flotsom and Jetsom
2006
TV
TV narrator, Going, Going, Gone, ep 5.1-5.10
2006
DO
DO narrator, Piano Man
2005
TV
TV Silverhead (voice), Power Rangers, S.P.D., ep 13.28
2005
ST
ST director, writer, Jack and the Beanstalk
2005
ST
ST Martin, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
2005
ST
ST Bosola, The Duchess of Malfi
2005
ST
ST Mrs. Sidebottom, Jack and the Beanstalk
2004
FF
FF director, Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
2004
FF
FF director, Treasure Island Kids: The Mystery of Treasure Island
2004
FF
FF Athol Peet, Fracture
2004
SF
SF manager; old Iraqi (voice), Hold the Anchovies
2004
ST
ST director, Measure for Measure
2004
ST
ST director, Macbeth, Macbeth
2004
ST
ST Charles F. Goldie, Goldie
2004
FF
FF ferry pilot, Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
2003
TV
TV Dr. Greg Vicelich, Shortland Street, ep 2721-2722, 2724, 2727-2730, 2732-2734
2003
TV
TV defence lawyer, Murder on the Blade?
2003
TV
TV Vexacus (voice), Power Rangers Ninja Storm, ep 11.25-11.27; 11.30-11.38
2003
TV
TV D.J. Drummond (voice), Power Rangers Ninja Storm, ep 11.21
2003
ST
ST director, Lysistrata
2003
ST
ST director, writer, Aladdin
2003
ST
ST Widow Twankey, Aladdin
2003
ST
ST Hamlet, Hamlet
2003
ST
ST producer, director, Hamlet
2003
TV
TV narrator, Air Force, ep 1.1-1.9
2003
TV
TV judge, Stage Challenge Grand Final 2003
2003
TV
TV narrator, It's a Wife's Life, 2 eps
2003
TV
TV narrator, Rugby Great
2002
SF
SF Nic, Honey
2002
TV
TV Ryan, Andromeda, ep 2.20
2002
TV
TV self (as judge and mentor), Showstoppers, ep 1.1-1.8
2002
TV
TV Dr. Forbes, Mataku, ep 1.5
2002
MT
MT Riff Raff, The Rocky Horror Show
2002
ST
ST Estragon, Waiting for Godot
2002
ST
ST James Joyce, Travesties
2002
ST
ST Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, Love Letters
2001
TV
TV director, Love Mussel
2001
TV
TV director, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 6.15
2001
TV
TV George Allwell, The Man Who Has Everything (pilot)
2001
TV
TV Stephen Jessop, Love Mussel
2001
TV
TV Nigel, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 6.13
2001
ST
ST co-director, Sister Wonder Woman
2001
ST
ST The Player, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
2001
DO
DO narrator, Hawkeu2019s Bay Youth Drama Schoolu2014The Documentary
2000
FF
FF director, Jubilee
2000
TV
TV director, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 5.16, 5.18, 6.4
2000
TV
TV director, Jack of All Trades, ep 2.4, 2.6
2000
TV
TV celebrity golfer, Topp Twins, ep 3.5
2000
TV
TV Captain Nardo da Vinci, Jack of All Trades, ep 2.2
1999
FF
FF Lou, Iu2019ll Make You Happy
1999
TV
TV director, tHercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.15
1999
TV
TV presenter & various historical figures, This Is It
1999
TV
TV Iolaus, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.9-5.11, 5.14, 5.22, 6.1-6.4, 6.6-6.8
1999
TV
TV Iolaus II, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.13-5.14, 5.17-5.18, 5.20-5.21
1999
TV
TV Dahak, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.10-5.11
1999
TV
TV Paul Robert Coyle, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.9
1999
TV
TV The Widow Twanky; beggar, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.15
1999
TV
TV celebrity contestant, Sunday News Give Us a Clue, 1 ep
1998
FF
FF Iolaus (voice), Hercules and Xenau2014The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
1998
TV
TV director, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.17, 5.1, 5.7
1998
TV
TV director, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 4.6
1998
TV
TV Michael Taylor, Duggan, ep 1.3-1.4
1998
TV
TV Iolaus, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.10-4.11, 4.13-4.22, 5.1, 5.3
1998
TV
TV The Widow Twanky, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.12
1998
TV
TV Paul Robert Coyle, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.15
1998
TV
TV Dahak, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 5.2, 5.8
1998
TV
TV Charon, Young Hercules, ep 1.22
1998
TV
TV Jeweler, Young Hercules: The Movie
1998
TV
TV Waren, Pale Blue
1998
DO
DO narrator, The Road to Jerusalem
1997
SF
SF Man, The Bar
1997
TV
TV director, Amazon High
1997
TV
TV director, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.8
1997
TV
TV director, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 2.15
1997
TV
TV Hugh, Highwater
1997
TV
TV various, Blood
1997
TV
TV The Angel, Witi Ihimaera
1997
TV
TV Iolaus, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.10-3.17; 3.20-3.21; 4.2; 4.4-4.6
1997
TV
TV King Orestes, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.11
1997
TV
TV Jean Pierre, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.17
1997
TV
TV Jester Iolaus, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.5
1997
TV
TV The Widow Twanky, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 4.8
1997
TV
TV Iolaus, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 2.13
1996
SF
SF Joey, A Moment Passing
1996
TV
TV director, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 3.1
1996
ST
ST director, writer, Aladdin
1996
ST
ST Widow Twankey, Aladdin
1996
TV
TV Iolaus, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 2.14-2.15; 2.17-2.21; 2.24; 3.3; 3.5-3.6; 3.8-3.9
1996
TV
TV King Orestes, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 2.19
1996
TV
TV Iolaus, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 1.8; 1.13
1996
TV
TV Charon, Xena: Warrior Princess, ep 1.16
1996
TV
TV celebrity contestant, Give Us a Clue, 4 eps
1996
TV
TV celebrity debater, 5th Great Celebrity Debate
1995
TV
TV Iolaus, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 1.1; 1.7-1.11; 1.13; 2.1; 2.3-2.4; 2.7-2.8; 2.10-2.13
1995
TV
TV Charon, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, ep 2.8, 2.11
1995
ST
ST director, Othello
1995
MT
MT director, Braindead: The Musical
1994
SF
SF director, t Iu2019m So Lonesome I Could Cry
1994
ST
ST Hamlet, Hamlet
1994
ST
ST Wiligis/Gregoris, The Holy Sinner
1994
TV
TV Iolaus, Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
1994
TV
TV Iolaus, Hercules and the Amazon Women
1994
TV
TV Aelus, Charon, Hercules in the Underworld
1994
ST
ST director, War Music
1994
ST
ST director, Hamlet
1993
FF
FF William Poyser, Desperate Remedies
1993
TV
TV Constantine, Typhonu2019s People
1993
ST
ST director, writer, Jack and the Beanstalk
1993
ST
ST director, Medea
1993
ST
ST director, Romeo and Juliet
1993
ST
ST Mrs. Sidebottom, Jack and the Beanstalk
1993
ST
ST Blaunt, A Spectacle of One
1992
TV
TV Lt. Simmons, Ray Bradbury Theatre, ep 6.17
1992
ST
ST director, Lysistrata
1992
MT
MT director, Cabaret
1992
ST
ST director, The Hungry City
1992
ST
ST director, Macbeth
1992
MT
MT Emcee, Cabaret
1991
FF
FF Toulouse Lautrec, The Footstep Man
1991
TV
TV David Jennings, Shark in the Park, ep 2.8
1991
TV
TV Laurie, For the Love of Mike, ep 1.6
1991
ST
ST director, The Tempest
1991
ST
ST director, A Long Walk Off a Tall Rock
1991
ST
ST director, Merchant of Venice
1991
ST
ST director, Weed
1991
ST
ST Richard III, Richard III
1991
ST
ST Matthew, The Sex Fiend
1990
ST
ST fight choreographer, Hamlet
1990
TV
TV Kurt, The New Adventures of Black Beauty, ep 1.8
1990
TV
TV Roger Shumway, Ray Bradbury Theatre, ep 5.8
1990
MT
MT director, Threepenny Opera
1990
ST
ST director, The Sex Fiend
1990
ST
ST director, The Changeling
1990
ST
ST director, House of Atreuss
1990
ST
ST Matthew, The Sex Fiend
1990
MT
MT Eddie, A Slice of Saturday Night
1990
MT
MT Tiger Brown, The Threepenny Opera
1990
ST
ST Wiligis/Gregoris, The Holy Sinner
1989
ST
ST fight choreographer, Romeo and Juliet
1989
TV
TV journalist, The Arcadia Factor
1989
TV
TV Bob Hoyle, The Shadow Trader (mini-series)
1989
ST
ST director, King Lear
1989
ST
ST Blunt, The Rover
1989
ST
ST County Paris, Romeo and Juliet
1989
ST
ST Barry, Ladies Night
1989
ST
ST Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard
1989
ST
ST Gloucester, King Lear
1988
ST
ST fight choreographer, The Three Musketeers
1988
ST
ST director, Ladies Night
1988
MT
MT Aramis, The Three Musketeers
1988
ST
ST Steiner/Bordenave/Jupiter, Nana
1988
ST
ST Victor, Yerma
1988
MT
MT Luther Billis, South Pacific
1988
MT
MT Macheath, The Threepenny Opera
1987
MT
MT fight choreographer, The Three Musketeers
1987
ST
ST fight choreographer, Romeo and Juliet
1987
ST
ST fight choreographer, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1987
ST
ST director, At the Hawku2019s Well
1987
ST
ST director, The Bacchae
1987
ST
ST director, Measure for Measure
1987
ST
ST Barry, Ladies Night
1987
MT
MT Du2019Artagnan, The Three Musketeers
1987
MT
MT Rolf Gruber, The Sound of Music
1987
ST
ST Olive, Squatter
1987
MT
MT Koko, The Mikado
1987
ST
ST Valentin, Kiss of the Spider Woman
1986
ST
ST fight choreographer, Carmen
1986
TV
TV Dave Nelson, Heroes, ep 2.1-2.6
1986
ST
ST Eilert Lovborg, Hedda Gabler
1986
ST
ST Macbeth, Macbeth
1986
ST
ST Saul, As Is
1986
ST
ST Agamemnon, The Trojan Women
1986
ST
ST Gus, Pass It On
1986
FF
FF Moir, Dangerous Orphans
1985
TV
TV Elliot, Hanlon, ep 1.6, 1.7
1985
ST
ST Arnold Beckoff, Torch Song Trilogy
1985
ST
ST The Singer, Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
ST
ST Dean Rebel, Trafford Tanzi
1985
DO
DO narrator, Napier: Newest City on the Globe
1984
FF
FF Michael Tucker, Death Warmed Up
1984
TV
TV Dave Nelson, Heroes, ep 1.1-1.8
1984
TV
TV Mark Sloane, Country GP, ep 1.32
1984
MT
MT Master of Ceremonies, Cabaret
1984
ST
ST Florizel, The Winteru2019s Tale
1983
FF
FF The Photographer, Constance
1983
TV
TV Gary McNabb, Both Sides of the Fence, ep 1.9
1983
TV
TV Kevin McDermott, Daphne & Chloe
1983
ST
ST director, writer, ICTUS, Rhythmical Stress
1983
ST
ST co-director, co-writer, Rip Tide
1983
ST
ST various, Rip Tide
1983
ST
ST Jack, Vinegar Tom
1983
MT
MT The Organ Grinder, The Threepenny Opera
1983
ST
ST Jimmy Mackie, A Street Called Straight
1983
ST
ST The Fool, King Lear
1983
ST
ST Lyngstrand, The Lady from the Sea
1983
ST
ST Joseph K, The Trial
1983
MT
MT Singer, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
1982
FF
FF Sciano, Prisoners
1982
TV
TV Peter, Casualties of Peace
1982
ST
ST Mozart, Amadeus
1982
MT
MT King Herod, Jesus Christ Superstar
1982
ST
ST Beastly, Armageddon Revisited
1982
ST
ST Arthur Rimbaud, Total Eclipse
1982
ST
ST Histriomaniac, Accidental Death of an Anarchist
1981
ST
ST The Boy, The End of the Golden Weather
1981
ST
ST Michel/A Sea Captain/Bailiffu2019s Man/Page/Eenie Thing, Beauty and the Beast
1981
ST
ST The Leader, The Rose
1981
ST
ST Touchstone, As You Like It
1981
ST
ST The Chaplain, Mother Courage and Her Children
1981
MT
MT Singer, Whou2019s Randy
1981
ST
ST The Agent/The Drug Pusher, Piaf
1981
MT
MT Singer, Shards
1980
ST
ST Billy/Doctor, Wings
1980
ST
ST 2nd Courtier/The Frog/4th Fairy, The Sleeping Beauty
1980
ST
ST Honk, The Nobodies from Nowhere
1980
ST
ST Tiny Tim/Young Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
1980
ST
ST First Tempter/Knight, Murder in the Cathedral
1980
ST
ST Laertes, Hamlet
1980
ST
ST Rudy, Bent
1980
ST
ST Damis, Tartuffe
1980
ST
ST actor, Story Theatre
1979
ST
ST actor, Stuff u2018nu2019 Nonsense
1979
ST
ST actor, Tomorrowu2019s World
1979
ST
ST actor, Violence
1979
ST
ST actor, Behind the Tatooed Face
1979
ST
ST actor, Hamlet in Focus
1979
ST
ST actor, Katherine Mansfield
1978
ST
ST set designer, The Birthday Party
1978
ST
ST Gerald, An Inspector Calls
1978
ST
ST Michael, Glide Time
1978
ST
ST Sir Percy Shorter, Habeas Corpus
1978
ST
ST actor, A Lot of Nonsense
1978
ST
ST various, Hamlet in Schools
1978
ST
ST Tony Lumpkin, She Stoops to Conquer
1978
ST
ST Gentleman at Arms, Othello
1978
ST
ST Bumble, Cinderella
1977
ST
ST set designer, The Nuns
1977
ST
ST P.C. Plod, P.C. Plodu2019s Puny Little Life Show
1977
ST
ST Sister Ines, The Nuns
1977
ST
ST waiter, The Misanthrope
1977
ST
ST Merriman, The Importance of Being Earnest
1977
ST
ST boy, Cupid in Transit
1977
ST
ST Toy Monkey, Ritual for Dolls
1976
TV
TV Jim, Thirty Minute Theatre, ep "Tinkling Brass"
1976
ST
ST Paddington, The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington
1976
ST
ST Tommy Green, Time Out for Ginger