Sarah Ward is a cabaret artist, writer, composer, musical director, clown and poet.

Sarah graduated from Actors Centre Australia in 2000 with a Diploma of Acting and quickly decided that she would never ‘fit in’ to the mainstream industry so focused on creating an act that would challenge the status quo; from this approach Sista She was born.

Sista She was a queer, feminist, hip-hop cabaret act. They toured the country from 2003 – 2008 with live shows Inna Thigh- The Sista She Story, The Naked MC and The House Of The Holy Bootay.

Over those five years Sista She performed at many festivals including the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sydney Mardi Gras Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival and were awarded the Directors Choice Award 2004. They also performed at various music venues and theatres’ including the Studio Opera House, Brisbane Powerhouse, the Melbourne Arts Centre, the State Theatre and a squat where the police were called and they were locked inside the building till the early hours of the morning.

Immediately after graduating Sarah performed with a Sydney based 12 piece Big Band The KJ All-stars and composed and performed with a Jazz Trio. She also joined a small performance ensemble and wrote scripts and song for a once a month showing called ‘A Bit On Th Side‘. This performance ensemble was facilitated by Lisa Shouw ‘Girl Overboard‘ and Cat Wilson. In 2003 Sarah wrote and composed for a short film Not What I Expected and became a Tropfest finalist. In 2006 and 2007 she co-musically directed the Women’s Circus show A Plane Without Wings Is A Rocket and The Antechamber. In 2008 and 2009 Sarah was commissioned to compose and musically direct songs for an upcoming cabaret (not yet titled) for the Melbourne Workers Theatre. This show will be directed by Maude Davey and performed by Sarah Ward, alongside Bec Matthews and Ania Reynolds from Tha Paranas; it is set to premiere in 2010.

In 2007 Sarah Ward created the fierce and fragile cabaret poet Yana Alana and her award-winning show with Tha Paranas, Bite Me, was presented at the Melbourne Fringe, the Midsumma Festival, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the Arts Centre and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.