Sara's plays include:

More Female Parts - three versatile monologues that explore the sixty-something woman in terms of gender inequalities, domestic violence, financial torments and rollicking self empowerment. It premiered with Darebin Speakeasy in 2014 and was reprised at the Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne 2015 plus regional tour. Performed by Evelyn Krape, direction Lois Ellis. See  promo: https://vimeo.com/92913858 

Vita! - a fantasy - a play based on the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West incorporating Woolf's fantasy biography of the male/female 'Orlando' - which she created for, and about, Vita. Winner of an Oscarts award, Best New Play. It is published in Heroines: A Contemporary Anthology of Australian Women Writers, Penguin 1991.

She of the Electrolux - based on the Australian author Marjorie Barnard, first performed at La Boite theatre, Brisbane, 1995.

Radclyffe - co-authored with Adele Saleem, a biographical play about Radclyffe Hall, her lifetime lover Una Troubridge and the banning of Radclyffe's notorious lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness in 1928. Performed by Sara Hardy and Lois Ellis, directed by Lois Ellis under the banner of Radclyffe Theatre Productions. Numerous performances in Australia and a tour to Vancouver for the 1990 Gay Games and Arts Festival.

Queer Fruit - performances in Melbourne and Baltimore 1998.

Who Knows? - co-authored with Philip Timmins and B. Bailey, commissioned by and performed at the Royal Court, London, 1979, as part of the Season On Sexism program for young people in partnership with Gay Sweatshop theatre company - of which Sara was a founding member.

Born in the UK, Sara trained in theatre and dance at Dartington College of Arts, Devon, and performed with various theatre companies in London during the late 70s and early 80s notably Gay Sweatshop, the first professional gay theatre company in Britain; Hormone Imbalance, a lesbian theatre company; and Half Moon Young People's Theatre. 

Sara has worked with a range of theatre companies since she moved to Australia in 1981 - they include Unlimited Lives, Women's Theatre Project, Sydney; Troupe Theatre, Adelaide; and Radclyffe Theatre Productions, Home Cooking Theatre Company Melbourne.

Sara has worked extensively with director/actor/partner Lois Ellis (wearing the bow tie in pic, Sara is in the frock) - they created Radclyffe Theatre Productions in Melbourne together and presented various lesbian-feminist works from the mid 1980s to early 2000s.

To learn more about Hormone Imbalance theatre go to https://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/hormone-imbalance/ and re the production of Ophelia see http://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/hormone-imbalance/ophelia/

For more about Gay Sweatshop theatre see http://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/gay-sweatshop/any-woman-can/ and see http://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/gay-sweatshop/ and for info regarding the division into a male and female company see http://www.unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/gay-sweatshop/the-decision-to-split/ 

A Secretive Life - by Sara Hardy - LGBTQI+ historical, thriller, adventure, romance!

Cecilia is unrepentant as she looks back over a queer life defined by lesbian love and dangerous adventure. She’s been through two world wars, enjoyed the decadence of Weimar Berlin (Gay Capital of the World) and lived to be Out & Proud. Now she’s cornered. Her bittersweet story captures the glittering LGBTQ+ underworld of the 20th century.

'A delicious read' - Pamela Rabe

'I loved it' - Miriam Margolyes (sample chapters)

'Moving, sexy and funny' - Georgine Clarsen

'Once I started, I couldn't put it down! Congratulations on a superb piece of work. It deserves enormous praise and great success' - 

Prof Kerryn Phelps 

For a 7 minute radio interview about the novel please listen to this link where Sara is interviewed on 3MBS Arts Weekly https://omny.fm/shows/arts-weekly/arts-weekly-12-august-2023#sharing

The interview begins at 11.25 minutes into the program.

The book is available worldwide as paperback and eBook -  ISBN: 978-1-922628-77-0 

Just enter A Secretive Life by Sara Hardy into your search engine for options, or order from your local bookshop - or library.

•  For interesting oddities about the novel see https://sarahardywrites.blogspot.com/  - where you can also leave a comment, or a message.

• To read a brief extract see  https://www.lotl.com/books/library/fiction/book-extract-a-secretive-life-by-sara-hardy/  - on the LOTL website - 'Lesbians On The Loose'. 

• To see a LOTL author-interview video with Loretta Smith (my bit is about 14 minutes in) go to:  https://www.facebook.com/lotlmedia/videos/1586524291708781

• or  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RlGxRtkD9I&t=3s