Michael has worked as a performer and director in the USA, UK, and China. Recent credits include Invitation to a Beheading at the Steppenwolf Theatre and at the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival, Cicada Summer for Rough House Theatre (Chicago), and an adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts for AFTEC theatre company in Hong Kong, China.

Michael has also performed on stages across the US and the UK, in feature films including Dark Shadows and World War Z, and has served as a movement artist and trainer for the international phenomenon War Horse and for the feature film Gravity.

He has taught physical theatre styles at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA), as well as leading workshops at festivals such as the London International Mime Festival, the Birmingham European Theatre Festival, Physical Theatre Festival Chicago, and at universities and theatres in the UK and the US. Michael is currently on the theatre faculty at Columbia College Chicago.