Sarah (she/they) is a director and writer.
Sarah was director for Shakespeare’s Globe’s Ensemble 2019; co-artistic director of BAZ Productions from 2012-2020; and is currently a Trustee on the Board for The Albany in Deptford (2023 winner of the national award from Diversifying Group for Community Initiatives Board of the Year, for ‘the Board who have made the biggest impact through community initiatives which support marginalised groups across the UK’). They are also an associate at Tonic Theatre, the industry leaders for change, making the sector more equitable, diverse and inclusive.
Directing credits: Henry IV pt 1, Henry IV pt 2, Henry V, Sweet Love Remember’d (Shakespeare’s Globe); All Places that the Eye of Heaven Visits (Shakespeare's Globe/Westminster Abbey); The Process (Baz Productions / The Bunker); Groomed (Brighton Theatre Royal); Sitting (Arcola / BBC Arts ); on/off Henry (Arcola); dreamplay, Macbeth, Prophesy (BAZ Productions); Parallelist (Aldeburgh Music Festival); Further than the Furthest Thing (Young Vic); Reality (Oval House); City Love (Bussey Building); The Breadcrumb Trail (V&A Museum); Some Kind of (1)derful (charity fundraiser); The Riots, Three Days in the Country, Nora: A Doll’s House, A Vampire Story (Rose Bruford); Zero for the Young Dudes! (Central School of Speech and Drama); Her Naked Skin (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School); Plaques and Tangles (RADA). Development work at HighTide festival, Finborough, Pleasance, Soho Theatre, Dartington Hall, Wilton’s Music Hall and Shakespeare’s Globe.
Writing credits: When you ask (reading - New Vic Theatre / Appetite Stoke); The Process, dreamplay, Prophesy (BAZ productions); Memories of the Pot Bank Workers (V&A museum). Development work at Derby Theatre and V&A museum. Recipient of a Peggy Ramsey Grant.
They are developing research on Wellbeing in the Arts, which has included experimenting with arts therapy as part of rehearsal processes, interviews with creatives during lockdown 2020-21 and co-facilitating Directors’ Space, a group exploring resilience and wellbeing, supported by the Young Vic. Interview by Michelle Terry for Shakespeare’s Globe podcast #SuchStuff S8 E2: Being vulnerable. Interview for American Theatre.
Sarah has worked extensively with young people, from directing Further than the Furthest Thing for the Young Vic, to directing the Unicorn Young Company to facilitating drama workshops for the National Theatre, the Young Vic, the BRIT School and many others. They oversaw the delivery of workshops for young people for BAZ Education 2011-2020.