About Sarah April Lamb
Movement Director I Theatre Maker I Choreographer
Sarah is a movement artist currently working across theatre, dance, performance art and circus. As a theatre maker, her work is infused with the exploration of human connection and tenderness in unlikely places. Original creations include the sell-out Find me, Fool (Fieldworks, 2022): a site-responsive performance exploring queer experience and tarot supported by Arts Council England; immersive installation Almost Apart (Bloomsbury Theatre, 2021); Things I Know About You (Roundhouse, 2019), Bare Threads (Edinburgh Fringe, 2017) and To Breathe (Summerhall, 2015).
She has a broad range of experience working as a movement director and choreographer for companies including Dante or Die, Doppelgangster, Sweet Beef and Dilated Theatre, as well as movement teaching and project work for drama schools including LAMDA, Guildford School of Acting, ArtsEd and London College of Music (Uni of West London) across new writing, site-specific work, plays and musicals. She trained on the MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching at Central School of Speech and Drama, where she undertook a year of research exploring relationships between space, audience and performer.
Teaching
Sarah is a movement tutor at ArtsEd where she teaches across the BA, MA and Foundation acting programmes. She has worked at leading UK drama schools and universities including LAMDA, Guilford School of Acting, Mountview, London College of Music and Sheffield Hallam University. Her work spans across teaching, movement direction and support, choreography, and directing devised movement projects.
Sarah also facilitates professional and community workshops, working inclusively with intergenerational participants and using movement and dance as a tool for self-expression, fitness, finding creativity, metal health and building community.
