in her first year as resident director at belvoir, sarks directed an adaptation of "medea", which she co-wrote with kate mulvany. the production won five sydney theatre awards, including in the category of best mainstage production. sarks had also worked, as assistant director and dramaturg, on another show nominated in that category, "thyestes." sarks was nominated for a helpmann award for best direction, alongside other nominees neil armfield, lee lewis and rosemary myers. sarks and mulvany won the australian writers guild award for performance writing. the production was also nominated for a helpmann award for best new australian work, while the script was nominated for the nick enright prize for playwriting, within the nsw premier's literary awards, and the victorian premier's prize for drama. sarks has made several shows for belvoir, including "stories i want to tell you in person", written by lally katz, which toured to new york; an adaptation of "a christmas carol", co-written with benedict hardie; "nora", an adaptation of "a doll's house" co-written with kit brookman; elektra/orestes, co-written with jada alberts, a retelling of the electra myth; "seventeen" by matthew whittet; "jasper jones;" and she directed a new adaptation by melissa reeves of "an enemy of the people," which "the conversation" said "fizzes with contemporary relevance".