Michael started out by training as a designer at RADA and then working as assistant to the theatre and opera designer John Gunter. Michael’s design for The Ladykillers was nominated for an Olivier Award and a Whatsonstage Award. He was one of four designers included in The Stage 100 of 2013 “our annual power list, detailing the theatre and performing arts industry’s most influential individuals”. He won the Drama Magazine Best Designer Award for Tony Marchant’s The Attractions, and has been nominated for five other awards. Forthcoming projects include Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children (Salisbury Playhouse), Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep), and Billy Elliot (Leicester Curve). Past work includes:
| The Good Life | National Tour | Jeremy Sams |
| NHS The Musical | Plymouth Theatre Royal | Stephen Fletcher |
| The Jolly Christmas Postman | Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford (2019) and Colchester Mercury (2021) | Gary Sefton |
| West Side Story | Leicester Curve | Nikolai Foster |
| The Man in the White Suit | Wyndhams | Sean Foley |
| Valued Friends | The Rose Theatre, Kingston | Michael Fentiman |
| Irving Berlin’s White Christmas | Leicester Curve (2018), Dominion Theatre (2019) and national tour (2021) | Nikolai Foster |
| Ballyturk | Tron Theatre, Glasgow | Andy Arnold |
| An Officer and a Gentleman, the Musical | Leicester Curve and National Tour | Nikolai Foster |
| The Winslow Boy | National Tour | Rachel Kavanaugh |
| Scrooge | Leicester Curve | Nikolai Foster |
| The Best Man | National Tour and West End | Simon Evans |
| What The Butler Saw | Leicester Curve | Nikolai Foster |
| Two-Way Mirror | Theatre by the Lake | John Dove |
| Silver Lining | English Touring Theatre | Rebecca Gatward |
| A Christmas Carol | Corby Core | Gary Sefton |
| All My Sons | Rose Theatre, Kingston and Hong Kong Festival | Michael Rudman |
| The Dresser | Duke of York’s Theatre and tour | Sean Foley |
| The Lonesome West | Tron Theatre, Glasgow | Andy Arnold |
| Lawrence after Arabia | Hampstead Theatre | John Dove |
| The Crucible | Edinburgh Lyceum | John Dove |
| Ben Hur | The Tricycle | Tim Carroll |
| Waiting for Godot | Edinburgh Lyceum (CATS Award, Best Production) | Mark Thomson |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Leicester Curve | Nikolai Foster |
| The Heresy of Love | Shakespeare’s Globe | John Dove |
| After Electra | Plymouth Theatre Royal/Kilburn Tricycle | Sam West |
| Dead Simple | National tour | Ian Talbot |
| Faith Healer | Edinburgh Lyceum | John Dove |
| Vernon God Little | Arts Ed | Gary Sefton |
| Kill Johnny Glendenning | Edinburgh Lyceum/Glasgow Citz | Mark Thomson |
| Dr Scroggy’s War | Shakespeare’s Globe | John Dove |
| Eternal Love/In Extremis | English Touring Theatre | John Dove |
| Blue Stockings | Shakespeare’s Globe | John Dove |
| Chin-Chin | Windsor Theatre Royal and tour | Michael Rudman |
| A Little Hotel on the Side | Bath Theatre Royal | Lindsay Posner |
| Sherlock Holmes – The Best Kept Secret | West Yorkshire Playhouse and tour | Nikolai Foster |
| The Misanthrope (translated by Roger McGough) | Liverpool Playhouse/English Touring Theatre | Gemma Bodinetz |
| A Christmas Carol | Northampton Royal Theatre | Gary Sefton |
| The Ladykillers | Gielgud Theatre, national tour, Vaudeville Theatre | Sean Foley |
| The White Devil/Banished! | Central School of Speech and Drama | Wilson Milam |
| The House of Special Purpose | RADA | Jessica Swale |
| All’s Well That Ends Well | Shakespeare’s Globe | John Dove |
| A View From The Bridge | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | John Dove |
| Anne Boleyn | Shakespeare’s Globe and tour (TMA Award, Best Touring Production 2012) | John Dove |
| The Cherry Orchard | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | Tony Cownie |
| The Price | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | John Dove |
| The Winter’s Tale | Shakespeare’s Globe on tour | John Dove |
| The Man Who Had All The Luck | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | John Dove |
| Present Laughter | Tour | Belinda Lang |
| Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme | Hampstead Theatre | John Dove |
| Nova Scotia | Traverse | Paddy Cunneen |
| The Clean House | Tour | John Dove |
| Private Lives | Theatre Royal Bath tour | David Haig |
| All My Sons | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | John Dove |
| Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | John Dove |
| In Extremis | Shakespeare’s Globe | John Dove |
| Clever Dick | Hampstead Theatre | Crispin Whittell |
| Easter | Oxford Stage Company tour | Dominic Dromgoole |
| Death Of A Salesman | Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh | John Dove |
| Shadow Of A Gunman | The Tricycle | Dominic Dromgoole |
| John Bull’s Other Island | The Tricycle | Dominic Dromgoole |
| Darwin In Malibu | The Door, Birmingham Rep | John Dove |
| Present Laughter | Theatre Royal Bath tour | Dominic Dromgoole |
| Up On The Roof | Minerva, Chichester | Angus Jackson |
| Vita and Virginia | Altes Schauspielhaus, Stuttgart | John Dove |
| No Sweat | The Door, Birmingham Rep | Angus Jackson |
| Out In The Open | Hampstead Theatre | Kathy Burke |
| Keepers | Hampstead Theatre | Julie-Anne Robinson |
| My Boy Jack | Hampstead Theatre and tour | John Dove |
| Goldhawk Road | The Bush | Paul Miller |
| The Road To Nirvana | Traverse | Justin Greene |
| Hamlet | Manchester Library | Chris Honer |
| An Old Man’s Love | Royal Theatre Northampton and tour | Michael Napier Brown |
| Time And The Conways | Bristol Old Vic | Justin Greene |
| The Merchant of Venice | Manchester Library | Chris Honer |
| Juno and The Paycock | Contact Theatre, Manchester | James Macdonald |
| Four Door Saloon | Hampstead Theatre | Geraldine McEwan |
| Amphibians | RSC | Michael Attenborough |
| Rafts And Dreams | Royal Court Theatre Upstairs | John Dove |
| The Awakening | Hampstead Theatre | John Dove |
| Just Between Ourselves | Bristol Old Vic | Terry Johnson |
| Winding The Ball | Royal Exchange | Greg Hersov |
| Mountain Language | Lyttelton | Harold Pinter |
| Rag Doll | Bristol Old Vic | Terry Johnson |
| Boys Mean Business | The Bush | Brian Stirner |
| Millfire | Riverside Studios | Brian Stirner |
| Death of a Salesman | York Theatre Royal | Terry Johnson |
| The Fatherland | Riverside Studios | Brian Stirner |
| Jazz and The Blue Kitten | Soho Poly | Catharine Arakelian |
| The Attractions | Soho Poly | Brian Stirner |
| Children of the Dust | Soho Poly/Croydon Warehouse | Terry Johnson |
| Angelus | Soho Poly | Sue Dunderdale |
| Holy Days | Soho Poly | Brian Stirner |
| Under The Web | Soho Poly | Brian Stirner |
| Munich-Athens | Soho Poly | Brian Stirner |
| Cymbeline | RADA | Brian Stirner |