sarks became the second artistic director of the hayloft project in 2010, taking over from simon stone, and holding the post until 2013. in 2011 she was also associate artist at belvoir and director in residence at malthouse theatre. in 2013 she was appointed resident director at belvoir. in 2018, after the success of her production of "seventeen" in london, she was appointed artistic director of the lyric ensemble at the lyric hammersmith.