About Mike
Mike’s background is in teaching and theatre... and not psychology! So don’t worry – he’s not going to make you paranoid every time you scratch your ear or your nose that it’s a give–away sign you’re telling a lie; you might be of course but you’ve probably just got an itch! But... if your shoulders are hunched and sloping forward, he will tell you that you’re lacking confidence... or, more to the point, that you’re giving the appearance of someone who’s lacking confidence!
For the past 25 years, Mike has worked as a theatre director, writer and teacher. He has been part of Senior Management Teams in schools for over 18 years advising on pastoral care and staff training. He has worked with the artist and writer Raymond Briggs adapting his comic book ‘Fungus the Bogeyman’ which played at the Leicester Haymarket and Coventry Belgrade. Mike’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ is the only musical version of the children’s novel allowed on stage or radio by The Dahl Estate - and indeed by Roald Dahl himself who attended the world premiere in 1986. Mike’s own theatre company has been responsible over 1,000 productions and he has directed Gary Wilmott and Maria Friedman.
Mike draws upon his vast experience as a teacher and his extensive knowledge of theatre to demonstrate the incredible power of Body Language in his workshops. The ‘hands–on’ approach to these sessions allows participants to discover for themselves exactly how they can harness this power and use it to their own benefit.
