Michelle Louise Taylor (previously known as Michelle Ashton) is a vocal coach and actor from Ashton-under-Lyne. She formed Messy Dress Media in 2009 while training at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. She has written and produced three stage plays: Good Hidings (2009) winner of the Forever Manchester Award, FINE (2011), which was performed in Manchester and London and The Stars are Made of Concrete (2015) which was nominated for Best New Writing and Best Drama at the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival. Stars was subsequently chosen to be performed at the First Break Festival at Oldham Coliseum Theatre Studio during a tour of North-West England. Michelle trained as a voice and accent coach at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and is the founder of Carrying a Tune, a research project on vocal change and identity in musical theatre performers as part of her PhD at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She lives in her hometown with her husband and children.