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NEW OPERA AT WNO
POSTED ON 07/07/11
New opera THE SLEEPER opens in Cardiff on July 15th. Libretto by Michael. Music by composer Stephen Deazley. Commissioned by…
READ MORENEW WORK AT ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
POSTED ON 30/04/11
Michael’s latest collaboration with composer James MacMillan and director Katie Mitchell will start its run at the Royal Opera House…
READ MOREEDGELANDS on Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week’.
POSTED ON 23/04/11
Edgelands, Michael’s co-written non-fiction book (with Paul Farley) is to be broadcast as BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book of the Week’…
READ MORENEW RADIO DRAMA – ‘MIGRANT MOTHER’ – TO BE BROADCAST.
POSTED ON 22/11/10
Michael’s latest radio drama will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 28th November at 20.00, and should be…
READ MOREGranta Essay published
POSTED ON 25/07/10
Michael’s commissioned essay on ‘Silence’ for Granta was published in a recent issue. The piece was a response to a…
READ MORE‘The Sacrifice’ opera released on CD
POSTED ON 25/06/10
Chandos has released a double-CD recording of ‘The Sacrifice’, performed live at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The opera,…
READ MORE‘Soft Keys’ re-published in new edition by Cape
POSTED ON 20/08/09
Michael’s first full poetry collection – ‘Soft Keys’ – was originally published by Secker & Warburg in 1993. Now, in…
READ MORE‘Miracle on the Estate’ wins TV Award
POSTED ON 02/06/09
BBC1 film ‘Miracle on the Estate’, screened on Good Friday 2008, has received the Premier Prize for Television at the…
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