Sharon Clark

Sharon Clark is a Senior Lecturer in Professional and Creative Writing at the School of Arts, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), where she teaches writing for stage and screen. An award-winning playwright with over 14 works for theatre and radio, she serves as Creative Director of the immersive theatre collective Raucous.

Her research pioneers the integration of AI, augmented reality, binaural sound, and object-based technology within live performance in found spaces. Clark's work bridges theatre and digital innovation, focusing on transdisciplinary applications that create multi-sensory audience experiences through mixed realities and immersive storytelling techniques.

Clark has been recognized with the following awards:

• SWCTN Fellowship
• Royal Shakespeare Company/Magic Leap Fellowship
• Bath Spa University Fellowship

She has led Raucous in producing two large-scale immersive shows and an online binaural experience, with current R&D on two new productions including a Canadian collaboration. Clark also serves as dramaturg for companies like Akram Khan Company and develops television scripts.

As Creative Director of Raucous, Clark heads a collective that merges live performance with cutting-edge digital tools, creating site-specific theatrical experiences that transform audience engagement through technological integration.