Michael has numerous directing credits. Highlights include new plays by Cosh Omar, "The Battle of Green Lanes" and "The Great Extension"; "Jamaica House" by Paul Sirett, which had a site-specific performance on the top floor of a tower block in Stepney; new musicals such as "Make Some Noise" and "One Dance Will Do"; Ray Davies’s "Come Dancing", winner of the "What’s On Stage" Best Musical; and John Adam's song play "I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky".