Michael trained as a designer at RADA.

His design for The Ladykillers at The Geilgud Theatre was nominated for an Olivier Award.

Other work includes: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Northampton Theatre Royal); THE WHITE DEVIL (Central School of Speech and Drama); ANNE BOLEYN, ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, THE WINTER’S TALE and IN EXTREMIS (Shakespeare’s Globe); OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER MARCHING TOWARDS THE SOMME, CLEVER DICK, OUT IN THE OPEN, KEEPERS, THE AWAKENING, MY BOY JACK (Hampstead Theatre); A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, THE PRICE, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK, LIVING QUARTERS, ALL MY SONS, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES and DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Edinburgh Lyceum); SHADOW OF A GUNMAN (Tricycle); EASTER (OSC Tour); AMPHIBIANS (RSC); MOUNTAIN LANGUAGE (written and directed by Harold Pinter, Lyttelton NT); RAFTS AND DREAMS (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs); NOVA SCOTIA and THE ROAD TO NIRVANA (Traverse); DARWIN IN MALIBU (Birmingham Rep); VITA AND VIRGINIA (Altes Schauspielhaus, Stuttgart); THE FATHERLAND (Riverside Studios); TIME AND THE CONWAYS (Bristol Old Vic).

He won the Drama Magazine Best Designer Award for the premiere of Tony Marchant’s THE ATTRACTIONS and has been nominated for five other awards.