Michael Pearcy
Writing Biography – Michael Pearcy
A commercial photographer from necessity, but a writer at heart, Mike’s plays have been performed in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, Gibraltar and Singapore. There have been many performances in the UK including at The Union Theatre in Southwark where The Gatekeeper's True Religion was described by Time Out magazine as ‘…a unique gem’. The short play Walkway was shortlisted in the 2020 Kenneth Branagh Drama Awards and NATFIS was on the 2021 shortlist. In 2022 Mike is a Branagh finalist (currently waiting nervously for the announcement of the winning play in October).
He is very proud to have been involved in all five of the Burnham Drama shows (number six is in production) raising over five thousand pounds to help retain a community library in Burnham.
Mike’s short stories have won awards in various festivals and competitions including the Berkshire Arts Festival and the Woman’s Own short story competition. He has been Slough Writers Writer of the year on five occasions and been included in the top three of 31 Slough Writers competitions.
There have been extensive writing projects for Slough Museum and Slough Library including a podcast for Slough 202020. He has delivered a variety of writing workshops.
Current projects include promoting his full-length play Gates of Chernobyl and refining his full length play The Girl from the Fiction Department. He is a member of the Writers Guild and Actors and Writers London.
See some of my published plays at LazyBeeScripts.