Michael Pinchbeck is a writer, live artist and performance maker based in Nottingham. He co-founded Metro-Boulot-Dodo in 1997 after studying Theatre and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. He left the company in 2004 to embark on a five-year live art project – The Long and Winding Road. Michael was commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse to write The White Album (2006) and The Ashes (2011) and was recently awarded a bursary by Theatre Writing Partnership to travel to Paris and Sarajevo to research a new play - Bolero. In 2008, Michael was selected by Arts Council England to represent the UK at the Biennale for Young Artists in Italy. In 2009 and 2011, his work was selected for the British Council’s prestigious Edinburgh Showcase. He has a Masters in Performance and Live Art from Nottingham Trent University and was a senior lecturer at the University of Chester. He is currently undertaking a PhD at Loughborough University exploring the role of the dramaturg in contemporary performance. Michael is a co-director and curator of Hatch, the East Midlands performance platform.
Pinchbeck is such an interesting theatre-maker The Guardian
An individual practice that is powerful and compelling artartart magazine
