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An Overview of
Michael's Work

Michael’s passion for acting began during his school years at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, UK. His dedication took off after bringing a play to the Edinburgh Festival at eighteen in 2004. While studying International Business at Liverpool University, he produced and starred in several plays, prompting him to attend Drama Centre London. There, he honed his skills, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Acting in 2012.

Since then, Michael has consistently worked in film and theatre across the UK, Hong Kong, Greece, and Austria. His early career featured notable performances on the London Fringe, including “Jekyll and Hyde” (2013) at the Southwark Playhouse and “The Dog, the Night and the Knife” (2014) at the Arcola Theatre. He later starred as Dan in “Closer” (2018) with the Vienna English Theatre and headlined the Vaults Festival in “Counting Sheep” (2019).

Michael’s expertise spans traditional theatre, immersive performances, and devised works, drawing on his training in movement psychology and ballet. Now based in London and Athens, his recent projects include the Future Now Festival at Onassis Stegi (2020) and films like “Animal” (2022), “Be a Good Girl” (2023), and “Tehran and Kabul” (2023-2024).

TRAINING

Acting – 3yrs BA – The Drama Centre London

EXPERIENCE

Theatre

House Country (Wiltons Music Hall), Kin Baby (Onnasis Steggi), Hell Yes I’m Tough Enough (Park Theatre), Counting Sheep (Vaults Festival – Headliner), Closer (Vienna English Theatre), The Fifth Column, Jekyll and Hyde (Southwark Playhouse), Bruises (Tabard Theatre), The Emperor Self, The Dog the Night and the Knife (Arcola Theatre), The County (Camden Peoples Theatre), A Hard Rain (Above the Stag), Flight (Brockley Jack), Jekyll and Hyde (Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts), House of Bones, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Platform Theatre), Michael Jackson at the Gates of Heaven and Hell (Underbelly), The Rime of the Modern Mariner (The Dalston Old Boys Club).

Film

Be a Good Girl (Samaco Films), Kin Baby (Delta Pi Productions), 1921 (Reliance Entertainment), Uther (Northlight Productions), We Don’t Know Either (Guerrero Productions), Nearly Always (RCA), Fifty Eight (YOCF), Welcome to Nightvale (Redon Productions), L’eau (Nomentum Productions), Tiger House (Strike Films), Denousa (Venetsano Films).

Headshot by Michael Shelford
Bruises photo by Boris Mitkov