Michael studied Theatre and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. He has a Masters in Performance and Live Art from Nottingham Trent University and lectures at the University of Chester. He has worked as a visiting lecturer at De Montfort University, Manchester Metropolitan University and York St. John University. He is associate artist with Reckless Sleepers and the Strange Names Collective and co-founded Metro-Boulot-Dodo (MBD) in 1996. MBD won Total Theatre Best Newcomer in 1999.
Michael left MBD in 2004 to embark on five-year live art project - The Long and Winding Road. In 2005, he was commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse to write The White Album, which won the 2007 Nottingham Creative Business Award and toured to LA. In 2008, he was selected by Arts Council England to represent the UK at the Biennale for Young Artists. In 2009, Michael's performance work was selected for the British Council’s Edinburgh Showcase and he was shortlisted for Artists taking the lead in the East Midlands.
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