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Height: 167cm
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eyes Color: Brown
Location: London, UK
Performance CV
Stage
Moving Stories Theatre Co. | Romeo and Juliet | 2019
Juliet
Stockwell Playhouse | The Rally | 2018
Kate (Lead)
Lazarus Theatre Co. | The Beggars Opera | 2016
Polly Peachum (Lead)
Musicals
Doye Mosse Productions | Lady of Jazz | 2019
Honey Grey (Solo Role)
Greenwich Theatre | Robinson Crusoe | 2018
Polly Perkins (Principle Girl)
Cornerstone Arts Centre | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King | 2017
Maria (Lead Role)
R&D/Rehearsed Readings
Josh Hinds (dir.) | Coriolanus | 2019
Multi-role
Josh Hinds (dir.) | Face to Face | 2019
Multi-role
Josh Hinds (dir.) | Romeo and Juliet | 2018
Multi-role
Other Notable Credits
The Other Palace | West End Misfits | 2020
Soloist
Theatro Technis | Separate Ways | 2019
Emily (Lead)
UpFront Theatre Co. | In Harm's Way | 2019
Tash (Lead)
Special Skills
Accents: Kent/Estuary English (native), American-New England, American-Standard, Cockney, Multicultural London English, RP, American-Louisiana
Other Skills: Professional Singer (highly skilled), Sightreading/Sightsinging (highly skilled), Ukulele (Basic), Tap Dance, Jazz Dance, Full Drivers License, DBS Clearance, Computer Literate, Bar tending, Crochet
Training & Workshops
Royal Academy of Music | PGDip Musical Theatre | 2014-15
LAMDA | Audition Technique Summer Course | 2012
The University of Southampton | BA Hons Music | 2009 - 2012
The Actors Centre | Meisner Technique | Kate Maravan
The Actors Centre | Transparent Shakespeare | Simon Godwin
The Actors Centre | Dev. Screen Acting | Vivienne Cozens
The Actors Centre | Action and Impulse | Simon Trinder
The Actors Centre | Freshly Ground | Anna Ledwich
Biography
Michaela trained at The Royal Academy of Music in Musical Theatre, receiving her Post-Graduate Diploma in 2015. Before that she completed her BA(Hons) in Music at The University of Southampton and her ATCL (Distinction) in Musical Theatre Performance. Having developed her interest in performing arts from an early age, she is now an ambitious actor, singer and poet.
Professional stage credits include Honey Grey in Lady of Jazz (Doye Mosse Productions), Emily in Separate Ways (Doye Mosse Productions), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Moving Stories Theatre Company), Polly Perkins in Robinson Crusoe (Greenwich Theatre), Maria in The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot), Corbyn’s Researcher/Reporter in Brexit the Musical (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Polly Peachum in The Beggar’s Opera (Lazarus Theatre Company), Lucinda in Into The Woods (The Royal Exchange, Manchester).
Credits whilst training at The Royal Academy include Carousel, Cassandra in The Trojan Women and Curtain Up! 20th Anniversary Concert (Prince Edward Theatre).
As a poet, Michaela has performed at several open mic events in Southampton and London. Her most recent spoken word performance was with Talawa Theatre Company, where she won a competition to perform a piece before TYPT:16’s show Hatch. She is currently expanding her collection of work.