Playwright
Michael’s very successful play The Shy Manifesto was shown at the biggest Theatre festival in Denmark, CPH Stage and World Pride 2021 in Copenhagen from the 13th to the 31st of October 2020.
The play was produced by HIT – Copenhagen and starred Daniel Neil Ash. It was directed by Jeremy M. Thomas and produced by Dina Rosenmeier.
The Shy Manifesto opened to great reviews and several 5 stars. Most of them in the Danish Language, however this one from CPH Post is in English from the opening night:
The director Jeremy M Thomas of Down The Rabbit Hole and House of International Theatre have recently finished putting on a very successful run of Michael’s play ‘The Shy Manifesto’ in Copenhagen. The audience loved it and it won several 5 star reviews!
The reviews are on the House of international Theatre’s home page: http://www.houseofinternationaltheatre.dk
Director: Jeremy M. Thomas
Actor: Daniel Niel Ash.
Lights: Igor Halicki
Video and Sound Design: Karl Heding
Produced by Down the Rabbit Hole and House of International Theatre
Performed at Bøssehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark (Oct 13-Nov 7, 2020)
Photos by Benny Thaibert
My new play The Shy Manifesto is to tour in early 2019, taking in 27 dates at 20 venues across the country.
It’s a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy drama for one actor about a teenage boy who is proud to be shy and thinks you should be too, because what this crazy world needs right now is a bit more self restraint. Callum is to address an audience of radical shy comrades and incite the meek to finally rise up and inherit the earth, but memories of the previous night’s drunken escapades at end-of-term party keep intruding and threaten to upend the fragile identity he has created for himself.
Performed by Theo Ancient and directed by Cat Robey, it’s produced by Joe C Brown and Anthony Hollis and opens at Live Theatre, Newcastle on the 29th of January before travelling to Greenwich Theatre, Theatr Clwyd, The Met Manchester, The Marlowe Canterbury, Portsmouth Guildhall and Harrogate Theatre, amongst many others.
Edit: The Shy Manifesto did go on tour in 2019 and was a big hit and it was a shame Michael was not able to see it. Here are photographs from the run as well as tweets and reviews:
Top Reviews:
The Theatre Critic: The Shy Manifesto Review
Breaking The Fourth wall: The Shy Manifesto Review
Monstagigz: The Shy Manifesto Review
Onceaweektheatre: The Shy Manifesto Review
The Times: The Shy Manifesto Review
The Guardian: The Shy Manifesto Review
The Shy Manifesto was nominated for two awards :