Sharon Millerchip is one of the busiest actor/creatives on the Australian stage with three prestigious Helpmann Awards to her name.
Sharon is the Associate Director for SIX THE MUSICAL in Australia which has recently completed a hugely successful National tour that kicked off with two sold out seasons at The Sydney Opera House.
Sharon most recently played Louise Daley in A BROADCAST COUP by Melanie Tait for Sydney Festival and Ensemble Theatre, performed numerous characters in NORTH BY NORTHWEST directed by Simon Phillips at The Lyric Theatre Sydney and directed the one woman show BECOMING ELIZA starring Anna O’Byrne at the Sydney Opera House.
For the Sydney Theatre Company, Sharon was Assistant Director to Priscilla Jackman in Suzie Miller’s smash hit RBG; OF MANY ONE starring Heather Mitchell.
Sharon played Caroline in the original company of Yve Blake’s FANGIRLS for Belvoir and Queensland Theatre Companies and was the Associate Choreographer for it’s return season at the Sydney Opera House. Sharon played Joan in SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS for the Darlinghurst Theatre and Penny in Melanie Tait’s smash hit THE APPLETON LADIES POTATO RACE for the Ensemble where she also starred as the eponymous heroine SHIRLEY VALENTINE and in Johanna Murray-Smith’s smash hit BOMBSHELLS. In BOMBSHELLS Sharon played all six roles in this one-woman play earning her a Sydney Theatre Award nomination for Leading Actress in a Play.
Taking time away from the stage Sharon was Resident Director and Resident Choreographer on the Disney Theatricals blockbuster ALADDIN at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney and Resident Director on Baz Luhrmann's extravagant production of STRICTLY BALLROOM at the Lyric and Her Majesty’s Theatres Melbourne.
Sharon is part of an elite group of women worldwide who have played both Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart in CHICAGO and she received Helpmann Awards for both roles as well as the Sydney Theatre Award for Roxie Hart.
Sharon played Meg Giry in the Australian premier of Andrew Lloyd Webber's LOVE NEVER DIES (Sydney Theatre Award nom) the spectacular sequel to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in which Sharon also played Meg Giry in the original Australian production.
Her other leading roles include Belle in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Mo Award), Columbia in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Helpmann Award) Anita in WEST SIDE STORY, Demeter in CATS, Catherine in PIPPIN (Helpmann nomination), Sofia in SATANGO (Australian Dance Award), Sonia Walsk in THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG, Charity Hope Valentine in SWEET CHARITY (Helpmann Award nomination)
For the Sydney Theatre Company Sharon played Cordelia in FALSETTOS and Little Red Riding Hood in INTO THE WOODS for which she received the amp Award and Sydney Theatre Award for best Supporting Actress.
Sharon comprised one third of the popular cabaret trio COMBO FIASCO who performed extensively throughout Australia and the USA where they received a MAC Award nomination for Best New York Vocal Comedy Act and recorded their live album, HERE. Sharon was also part of an impressive lineup of women in the AUSTRALIA'S LEADING LADIES concert series
Her television credits include Home and Away, Spicks and Specks, Cops LAC, The Circle, Willing and Able. Her feature film credits include Gretel Kileen's JIMMY AND GRET DON'T DO SEX and as Wendy Patterson in the Kath and Kim Filum KATH AND KIMDERELLA.
Other recent theatre performances include AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS for Ellis Productions, A PICASSO and LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS at the Ensemble Theatre, and Nora Ephron's LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE and MY FIRST TIME, both for Liza McLean at The Sydney Opera House
Sharon is also a busy Voice Over artist, with clients that include Qantas, Aldi and The Commonwealth Bank.
PRODUCTIONS
A Broadcast Coup Louise Daley, Syd Festival/Ensemble Theatre - Dir Janine Watson
RBG;Of Many One Assistant Director, Sydney Theatre Company - Dir Priscilla Jackman
Fangirls Associate Choreographer, Belvoir Theatre - Dir Paige Rattray
Becoming Eliza Director, Enda Markey/Sydney Opera House Production
North By Northwest Maggie, Liza McLean production - Dir Simon Phillips
SIX The Musical Associate Director - Louise Withers and Assoc - Dir Lucy Moss/Jamie Armitage
Fangirls Caroline, Belvoir and Queensland Theatre Co - Dir Paige Rattray
Small Mouth Sounds Joan, Darlinghurst Theatre Company - Dir Jo Turner
The Appleton Ladies Potato Race - Penny, Ensemble Theatre - Dir Priscilla Jackman
Shirley Valentine Shirley Valentine, Ensemble Theatre - Dir Mark Kilmurry
Around The World in 80 Days Passepartout, Ellis Productions - Dir Terence O'Connell
Aladdin Resident Director/ Resident Choreographer, Disney Theatrical - Dir Casey Nicholaw
Strictly Ballroom Resident Director - Baz Luhrmann and Global Creatures - Dir Baz Luhrmann
Bombshells All characters, Ensemble Theatre - Dir Sandra Bates
Love Loss and What I Wore Liza McLean/Sydney Opera House Productions - Dir Wayne Harrison
My First Time Various characters, Liza McLean/Sydney Opera House Production- Dir Jo Turner
A Picasso Miss Fisher, EnsembleTheatre - Dir Nikki Selby
Love Never Dies Meg Giry, Really Useful Company - Dir Simon Phillips
Kath & Kim Wendy Patterson, RTP Productions - Dir Ted Emery
Last of the Red Hot Lovers Elaine/Bobbi/Jeanette, Ensemble Theatre - Dir Mark Kilmurry
Chicago Roxie Hart, Gordon Frost Productions - Dir Nigel West
Rocky Horror Show Columbia, Paul Dainty - Dir Gale Edwards
Australia's Leading Ladies Collier-Vickers Productions, Dir Nancye Hayes
Sweet Charity Charity Hope Valentine, The Production Company - Dir Nancye Hayes
Pippin Catherine, Kookaburra - The National Musical Theatre Company - Dir Ross Coleman
Satango Sofia, Griffin Theatre Company - Dir Wayne Harrison
Somewhere Lilly Manly, Q Theatre - Dir Brendon O'Donnell
The Wild Party May, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Dir Andrew Lippa
Kooky Tunes Various characters, Showtune Productions - Dir David Hawkins
They're Playing Our Song Sonia Walsk, The Production Company - Dir Terence O'Connell
Chicago Velma Kelly, IMG - Dir Walter Bobbie
Beauty and the Beast Belle, Kevin Jacobsen/Disney Theatrical Productions - Dir Richard Wherrett
West Side Story Anita, IMG - Dir Ian Judge
Falsettos Cordelia, Sydney Theatre Company - Dir Wayne Harrison
Into The Woods Little Red Riding Hood, Sydney Theatre Company - Dir Wayne Harrison
Phantom of the Opera Meg Giry, Cameron Mackintosh - Dir Hal Prince
CATS Demeter, Cameron Mackintosh - Dir Trevor Nunn
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