Presenting the world premiere of blindsided by simon stephens directed by sarah frankcom
Early life
Sarah Frankcom was born in Sheffield in 1968. She studied at Westfield College which was a constituent college of the University of London and then at Goldsmith's College, London where she obtained her PGCE.
Career
After working as a drama teacher in the East End, she started working with new writers and drama schools. She spent time at the National Theatre Studio, Oval House and The Red Room and taught at the Poor School.She originally joined the Royal Exchange as literary manager in 2000 before becoming an associate artistic director and then artistic director in 2008. With the departure of Greg Hersov in 2014 she became the sole artistic director.
Royal Exchange
Her credits include:
Snapshots by Fiona Padfield. World premiere directed by Braham Murray and Sarah Frankcom with Terence Wilton (Mar 2000)
Blindsided by Simon Stephens with Julie Hesmondhalgh as Susan Heyer, Andrew Sheridan as John Connolly, Katie West as Cathy Heyer, Jack Deam as Isaac Berg and Rebecca Callard as Siobhan Hennessy (January 2014)
Hamlet with Maxine Peake as Hamlet, John Shrapnel as Claudius/Ghost, Barbara Marten as Gertrude, Gillian Bevan as Polonia, Katie West as Ophelia and Claire Benedict as Marcella/Player King (September 2014) The production was filmed and released through the Royal Exchange Theatre.