Michelle is an Irish artist. An actor, writer, director and voice artist, she has over a decade of experience working in the UK, Ireland and internationally.

She creates transportive worlds that are exciting, challenging and entertaining for audiences to play in.

As well as writing and making original work, she brings ideas to life through her partnerships. From designers and composers to psychologists, scientists and game designers, she works with brilliant practitioners to tell stories in new and surprising ways - from solo audio experiences to large scale immersive and interactive productions, live theatre, and digital storytelling.

She has collaborated with interactive theatre-makers Coney, and multi-genre production company Punchdrunk on Audience of the Future Live, discovering what’s possible in immersive technology for live performance.

As a writer/director, recent work includes WISHMAS, a fantastical festive adventure (Secret Cinema), JUST PASSING THROUGH, a soothing and surreal audio adventure in one of London’s best kept secret gardens (Coney’s The Golden Key), WE’RE DREAMING OF A NET ZERO FUTURE, a reflective game designed for live and remote audiences to play around COP 26 in Glasgow; ROUTES, a digital environmental crime thriller (devised with The Egg Assembly, Theatre Royal Bath); HOW WE SAVE THE WORLD, a decision-making adventure through key moments in the Earth’s history - live and later adapted for a digital stage (Natural Environmental Research Council and The Natural History Museum); SPARK CHANGE THROUGH PLAY (Coney for Greenwich & Lewisham Young People’s Theatre/Albany Theatre); MOON UNDER THE WATER, a touring live literature show by poet Andrew James Brown; NIGHTMARE PLANTS a unique production built for the Victorian glasshouses at The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland (Bram Stoker Festival); YOUR CONNECTION IS NOT PRIVATE (Coney for Free Word Centre and Camden People's Theatre).

She has run masterclasses at The Almeida Theatre London, taught as an associate lecturer at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and a visiting Director for BA (Hons) Acting at Arts University Bournemouth.

She is committed to developing creativity and storytelling skills in children and young people, and working to reverse the decline in reading and writing for pleasure. A writing facilitator with the Ministry of Stories, she has worked with their sister charity Fighting Words in Ireland, to champion the writer in every child. A trained literacy tutor, she worked with The Children’s Literacy Charity’s helping to close the literacy gap among disadvantaged children in London. Working with The Media Trust, she delivered an ambitious programme of short-form video storytelling workshops reaching over 9000 young people across London and Essex.

Michelle studied at Trinity College Dublin and The London School of Economics and Political Science. A skilled communicator and facilitator, she brings her theatre practice and behavioural research experience together to explore ideas and solve problems in creative ways - through workshops, experiences and play. She has worked in this way with organisations including The Wellcome Collection, Science Gallery London, Ashcroft Arts Centre, and Adapt for Arts/Old Courts Wigan.