Sarah Frankcom is an English theatre director. She has been an artistic director of the Manchester Royal Exchange (theatre) since 2008.
Sarah Frankcom was born in Sheffield in 1968. She studied at Westfield College which was a constituent college of the University of London and then at Goldsmith's College, London where she obtained her PGCE.
After working as a drama teacher in the East End, she started working with new writers and drama schools. She spent time at the National Theatre Studio, Oval House and The Red Room and taught at the Poor School.She originally joined the Royal Exchange as literary manager in 2000 before becoming an associate artistic director and then artistic director in 2008. With the departure of Greg Hersov in 2014 she became the sole artistic director.
Her credits include: