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Sarah
Sarah has had a long and happy association with the West End production of Blood Brothers, first joining the company in 1996 playing Mrs Lyons, and has played Mrs Johnstone both in the West End and on tour at various times since, still stepping in at short notice when necessary. She returned as Mrs Johnstone in 2009 both in the West End and at Manchester Opera House with the touring company. Back again in February 2010 to cover for Mel C when she was unwell
Other theatre credits include Maria in West Side Story, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Liz Essendine in Present Laughter, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet and her one-woman show Perfect Swine.
Sarah was directed as Anna Leonowens in The King and I by James Hammerstein II understudying and playing the role at Sadlers Wells and on a national tour, she played Ethel Cratchit in the world stage premiere of Scrooge with Anthony Newley, and received great reviews playing housekeeper Mrs Hudson in Sherlock Holmes - The Musical with Robert Powell. She performed as Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables at The Palace Theatre in London, and was then invited to join Rodgers and Hammerstein’s tour of Cinderella with Janie Dee in Japan.
In 2002 she understudied the role of Dorine in Tartuffe at The Royal National Theatre with Martin Clunes in the title role.
On TV she has appeared in Casualty, Doctors, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Open Eye, Top Gear and Golden Years with Ricky Gervais. She is an accomplished presenter with both live and recorded material.
Sarah has worked extensively with the National Theatre Education Department and also The Mousetrap Foundation, a charitable organisation devoted to giving inner city children access to West End theatre.
She made a successful visit to Brussels' Beaux Arts Centre in 2006 as part of MusicalSolo’s Cabaret project teaming up with accompanist Tylaine Van den Broeck and is delighted to be working again with producer Thomas Van Der Spiegel on a "West End Divas" project for 2008. She was a special guest at the Belgium Theatre Awards in Antwerp singing on national TV and promoting her Rodgers and Hammerstein one woman show 'Words and Music'.
She now combines teaching with her career as a performer and in 2006 teamed up with Leigh Stevenson, an accomplished pianist and actor, and they are to be seen working regularly on the London cabaret circuit as SARABANDE
