Mike developed mask, mime and voice through an eclectic international education in England, Bali and Italy. He has taught and directed physical theatre, mime and mask at drama colleges and universities for over 30 years. He established The Mask Studio in the mid-90s to develop masks for training, education, performance, and therapy, which are used internationally by theatres and theatre companies, including the RSC, the National Theatre, LAMDA, Trestle Theatre, Welsh National Opera, and Told by an Idiot. He was the Artistic Director of the Glasshouse Arts Centre (a Ruskin Mill Special Educational needs College) for 15 years, during which he developed the use of masks in a specialised therapeutic programme for young adults with complex needs. More recently, he worked at HMP Grendon, a therapeutic community prison, using Psychodrama and group psychotherapy prior to going on to manage a specialist wing of neurodiverse residents.

His book Mask was published by Hawthorn Press in 2017, and Karma Drama has been recently published by Embodied Cosmos Press in 2025. Mike continues to teach internationally and extensively on many themes relating to personal development, education and adult learning.

Mike holds a diploma in psychodrama psychotherapy and an M.Ed. in educational research, is a fully insured member of UKCP, undergoes supervision, and abides by the UKCP Ethics for Practice.

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Previous clients include :
Trestle Theatre Co, Moving Picture Mime Show, National Youth Music Theatre, Third Party, Chung Ying Theatre Company, Rose Theatre Company, Portal Productions, Bubble Theatre Company, Gamboling Guizers, RSC, Told by an idiot, Ophaboom, Watermill Theatre, The Eden  Project, Leaps and Bounds, John Wright, International Michael Chekhov Studio, Bradon Forest School, LAMDA, Theatre Museum, Action Theatre, Clod Ensemble, The Circus Space, Theatre Royal (Bury St. Edmunds), University of London, Haifa Municipal Theatre (Israel),  Kepow Theatre Co, Victoria College Belfast, National Theatre, Biographical Counselling Trust.

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​Productions include Oedipus and Antigone by Sophocles;   Peer Gynt by Ibsen; Through the Glass Darkly by Richard Ramsbotham; The Temple and  The Gododdin  by Peter Oswald, and Shakespeare's Pericles.
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Festivals include  Resonance, the Stourbridge Performing Arts Festival for which he received the Stourbridge Artist of the Year Award;  and the International Mask Festival - 2007