Sarah Ward

Yana AlanaSarah Ward is a Cabaret Artist, Musician, Composer, Writer and all-round performer. Since graduating from Actors Centre Australia in 2000 with a Diploma of Acting she decided she would never fit into the bullshit, mainstream industry and focused on creating an act that would challenge herself and the status quo.

Sista She (with Candy Bowers and Busty Beats) toured the country until 2008 with live shows ‘Inna Thigh’, ‘The Naked MC’ and ‘The House Of The Holy Bootay’. Sista She was a queer, feminist, hip-hop cabaret act.

In 2006 Anni Davey asked Sarah to musically direct the Women’s Circus show A Plane Without Wings is a Rocket, founding a lasting partnership. It was on this show that Sarah met her life partner Bec Matthews (Bec Beat from Tha Paranas). Sarah, Anni and Bec also worked together on the 2007 Women’s Circus show The Antechamber.

Yana Alana imposed herself on Sarah in late 2006, and quickly manipulated her way into award winning seasons of the first show Bite Me in Melbourne Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, MidSumma, and Feast.  The sell out follow up show, Bite Me Harder was commissioned for Full Tilt at the Victorian Arts Centre in 2008 with the first ladies of crazed adagio The Town Bikes. Yana Alana was awarded Best Cabaret Artiste Green Room Awards 2008.

In 2009 The Melbourne Workers Theatre commissioned Sarah, Bec and Ania to write the music for the cabaret Ever Angel Is Terrible about Children who are killed by their parents. The script was developed and co-written by Maude Davey and Sarah Ward and is set to premiere in 2011.

In March 2010 Sarah joined Circus Oz and will tour Australia and Overseas with the company.