Michael Pinchbeck

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I am a writer, live artist, lecturer and performance maker based in Sherwood, Nottingham. I studied Theatre and Creative Writing at Lancaster University and co-founded Leicester-based theatre company Metro-boulot-dodo (MBD) in 1996. MBD were voted Total Theatre Best Newcomer in 1999 and described by The Guardian as 'One of the brightest of the new crop of companies disregarding theatrical convention.' I left MBD in 2004 to pursue new creative challenges.

I embarked on a four year live art project The Long and Winding Road which involves touring a graffiti covered car from Nottingham to Liverpool via galleries, garages and festivals until 2008 when I drive the car into the River Mersey. This year, I was commissioned by Fierce! Festival in Birmingham to create a five minute one-to-one performance in the car shown at the Ikon Gallery and the ICA.

In 2005 I was commissioned to write The White Album by Nottingham Playhouse which premiered in 2006 and toured to LA. Last year I obtained a Masters Degree in Performance and Live Art at Nottingham Trent University and became a lecturer of Performance at New College Nottingham. This year, I am focusing on writing on performance for publications such as Dance Theatre Journal and aim to start a PhD in Performance at Nottingham Trent University. I occasionally undertake freelance work in the arts as a writer, project coordinator and / or marketing officer. I am a member of the Nottingham Writers' Group and New Work Network.