Michael Walling

Michael Walling is Artistic Director of Border Crossings. He has directed numerous productions across four continents, winning awards for Two Gentlemen of Verona in the US and Paul & Virginie in Mauritius. Productions for Border Crossings: Orientations,Double Tongue, Mappa Mundi, Toufann, Twelfth Night (Mauritius, Seychelles & Zimbabwe), Bravely Fought the Queen, Departures / Arrivals, Fool for Love.

Other productions include: Die Zauberflote (Spain), Hard Times, The Art of Success, Macbeth (Mauritius), The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Tempest, (India), Cosi fan Tutte, Romeo and Juliet (USA), The Great God Brown, Sir Thomas More.

For the English National Opera, Michael has directed the four parts of Wagner's Ring at the Coliseum and the Barbican. Click for reviews ofThe Valkyrie and The Rhinegold.

Michael also teaches at Rose Bruford College, Central School of Speech and Drama and Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published many books and articles on intercultural theatre and related topics.

Development workshop for Mappa Mundi - Nisha Dassyne, Michael Walling, Lifati Harimedi