SARAH CROMPTON

London Theatre Program

Sarah Crompton is one of Britain’s most respected writers and broadcasters, commentating on all aspects of culture and the arts.  Her work appears in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Observer, British and American Vogue, The Spectator, The Economist magazine and The Evening Standard among others.  She reviews theatre for Whatsonstage and dance for the Observer.  She is a regular contributor to the BBC’s Front Row.

She was previously the Arts Editor in Chief of The Daily Telegraph, and a contributor to BBC2’s The Review Show and Saturday Review.  She also wrote a sports column for many years.  Her first book was Sadler’s Wells: Dance House, a study of the recent creative history of Sadler’s Wells.  Her second was a collaboration on the autobiography of the ballerina Leanne Benjamin, published October 2021.  She was a long-serving judge on the South Bank Show awards and has also been on the panel to choose the Art Fund Museum of the Year.  She was a trustee of the Dulwich Picture Gallery for nine years and was previously co-chair of the WOW Creative Industries awards.

Born in Manchester, she was educated at Hertford College, Oxford, and University College, Cardiff, before beginning her career on The Coventry Evening Telegraph.  She worked for women’s magazines and The Telegraph Magazine before taking up the post of Arts Editor.  She has been a freelance writer since 2014.