Sharon Eckman is an actor, singer, writer and workshop facilitator, working extensively in theatre, radio and concert in the West End, touring and abroad. Sharon has performed in plays from Arthur Miller to Joe Orton, musicals from Sondheim to Rogers & Hammerstein and many concerts and recordings as a soloist, including three Proms with the John Wilson Orchestra and with Danny Elfman in excerpts from A Nightmare Before Christmas. She has also created several roles in theatre and recordings including the Empress Agrippina and Patty Clare (wife of poet John Clare).
As a writer, she won the Time Out Travel Writer of the Year award, her fiction has been published in journals and short and long-listed for several prizes. She is currently working on a novel and has just completed her first short film screenplay. In 2015, she received ACE funding to co-create a contemporary opera about Christina Rossetti for Tete a Tete Festival.
As a workshop facilitator, she has worked with Alina, Theatr Clwyd, Lost Chord, Streetwise Opera, Herts Music Service, Royal Opera House and Create Arts. She is also Performance Coach for Serious.
