{"id":5743,"date":"2026-06-28T13:45:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madf.im\/?page_id=5743"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:52:51","slug":"sharon-walker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madf.im\/?page_id=5743","title":{"rendered":"Sharon Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madf.im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ac_sharon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/madf.im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ac_sharon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madf.im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ac_sharon.png 350w, https:\/\/madf.im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ac_sharon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/madf.im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ac_sharon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharon has been involved in amateur theatre, both on and off the Island, for over 40 years. A passionate advocate for local drama, She been involved in numerous productions with most of the amateur groups on the Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharon has directed several award winning One Act plays receiving awards and nominations at festivals in the Isle of Man and in the North of England as well as sell out full length plays at the Gaiety Theatre. She has also won best director three times and best play twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently Sharon directed and produced \u2018A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u2019 at Government House as a community engagement and fund raising project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was elected chair of MADF in 2018 and during her time as Chair of MADF achieved the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oversaw revamp of \u2018Friends of MADF\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Led campaign to save the Gaiety flats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensured MADF was able to continue running competitions during Covid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revamped the One Act &amp; Easter festivals into one combined festival<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launched a new constitution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ran Mastering Shakespeare initiative to raise profile of drama on the Island<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon has been involved in amateur theatre, both on and off the Island, for over 40 years. A passionate advocate for local drama, She been involved in numerous productions with most of the amateur groups on the Island. Sharon has directed several award winning One Act plays receiving awards and nominations at festivals in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/madf.im\/?page_id=5743\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sharon Walker<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":5740,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5743","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5746,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5743\/revisions\/5746"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}