Lindsay Sharman
Lindsay Sharman is a British writer, comedian and actress. She is one-half of Long Cat Media, a two-person UK podcast production company specialising in audio fiction.
Career
[edit]Early Career
[edit]Sharman began her comedy career in 2009. After reaching the finals of the 2010 Funny Women awards, she took two shows to the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Giants Of Comedy[1] and A Time Traveller's Guide to Surviving Childhood[2] as part of PBH's Free Fringe. At Edinburgh 2012, she performed in George Ryegold's God-In-A-Bag[3] at the Underbelly Bristo Square. She performed in character as The Poet from 2012 to about 2014.[4]
2014-2019
[edit]In 2014, Sharman co-wrote her first theatre production, Madame Magenta: Libros Mystica, which she took to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as her first solo show.[5] She married collaborator Laurence Owen the following year.
Since then, the pair have co-written four more theatre productions, which they also took to Edinburgh: Cinemusical[6] (2015), Cinemusical High[7] (2016), The Time Machine[8] (2017), which subsequently toured the UK,[9][10] and Jekyll vs Hyde [11] (2019). Jekyll vs Hyde was nominated for a Broadway World Award for Best Musical Production, and won the Wilton's Music Hall Fringe Foundations Award, in 2019.[12]
2019 to Present
[edit]In 2019, Lindsay & Laurence co-founded Long Cat Media, a podcast production company specialising in audio fiction.[13][14] Their first podcast series, Mockery Manor, released on Hallowe'en 2019, was nominated for Best Fiction at the British Podcast Awards 2020.[15]
April 2021 saw the birth of The Ballad of Anne & Mary, Long Cat Media's first full-cast musical, produced completely under lockdown. A swashbuckling pirate epic, it is based on the real lives of pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. The story was written by Sharman, and co-directed and co-produced with her partner, Laurence Owen. Anne & Mary was nominated for Best Podcast at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022,[16] and Best Fiction at the British Podcast Awards 2022.[17]
In February 2023, Long Cat launched their new horror anthology feed Magenta Presents with the five-part series Ghosted, which Sharman wrote and directed. Ghosted was shortlisted for The Tinniswood Award for Best Audio Drama Script at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2024.[18]
Sharman created the characters Madame Magenta and Magenta's husband, Bernard, in 2013. She and partner Owen continue to perform in character as Magenta & Bernard on their podcasts and for live audiences.[19] Together as Long Cat Media, their on-going productions include: Mockery Manor (2019), Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica (2020), Magenta Presents (2023), and We Have A Movie (WHAM, 2024), all of which Sharman writes and directs. She has also been a guest writer on The Amelia Project podcast,[20] and actor on The Amelia Project and Midnight Burger.
Education
[edit]Lindsay Sharman holds a Master of Art in Scriptwriting from the University of East Anglia.[21]
Awards
[edit]- Tinniswood Award 2024 Nominated: Best Script for Ghosted[18]
- BBC Audio Drama Awards 2024 Nominated: Best Sit Com or Comedy Drama for Mockery Manor[22]
- BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022 Nominated: Best Podcast for The Ballad of Anne & Mary[16]
- British Podcast Awards 2022 Nominated: Best Fiction for The Ballad of Anne & Mary[17]
- British Podcast Awards 2020 Nominated: Best Fiction for Mockery Manor[15]
- Wilton's Music Hall Fringe Foundations Award Winner 2019: Jekyll vs Hyde[23]
- Broadway World Award 2019 Nominated: Best Musical Production for Jekyll vs Hyde[23]
- Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2013 [3] - Finalist
- Piccadilly Comedy Club New Comedian Of 2013 [24] - Finalist
- Funny Women Award 2010 [3] - Finalist
- Mirth Bath New Act of the Year 2010[25] - Finalist
References
[edit]- ^ Emma Keaveney (23 August 2011). "Giants of Comedy – Darren Walsh, Leo Kearse & Lindsay Sharman". Three Weeks Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ Nick Hamilton (18 August 2011). "A Time Traveller's Guide to Surviving Childhood, Ryan's Cellar Bar | The Stage Edinburgh 2013". Ed.thestage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Lindsay Sharman : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ Rupert Dannreuther. "New Act of The Year Finalist Lindsay Sharman Shares Her To Do List. Sort Of". to do list.
- ^ Patricia-Ann Young (11 August 2014). "Madame Magenta – Libros Mystica". Three Weeks Edinburgh. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Cinemusical".
- ^ "Cinemusical High".
- ^ "The Time Machine".
- ^ "H.G. Wells' the Time Machine".
- ^ "HG Wells' the Time Machine". September 2017.
- ^ "Jekyll Vs Hyde - Edinburgh Fringe 2019".
- ^ "Jekyll vs Hyde".
- ^ "BBC Radio Norfolk - Upload on BBC Radio Norfolk, with Sophie Little (07/11/2020), Long Cat Media: Podcast Masterclass".
- ^ "Student Side Hustles – Long Cat Media". 23 February 2021.
- ^ a b "British Podcast Awards: the nominees revealed for UK's biggest podcast awards ceremony". The Standard. 1 June 2020.
- ^ a b "The 2022 Shortlist". The BBC. 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b "The nominees for the British Podcast Awards 2022 have been announced". The Standard. 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Kings Place - Magenta Presents". Kings Place.
- ^ "EPISODE 69 - HENRY AVERY". The Amelia Project. 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Long Cat Media - About".
- ^ "The 2024 Shortlist". The BBC. 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Jekyll vs Hyde". Long Cat Media.
- ^ "Review: Piccadilly Comedy Club New Comedian of 2013 Final". Beyond The Joke. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ "Bath Comedy Festival - What's On". Bathcomedy.com. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.