biography

Sharron is doing it all.
TV. Film. Stage. Concerts. Writing. Hosting. Producing....but what she really wants to do is direct.
Wait. Not really.

In 2009 Sharron Matthews is named
“Best Cabaret Performer”
by Now Magazine

Sharron is one of the leading cabaret performers and innovators in Canada. From 2005
to 2009 she performed, wrote and produced her signature creation "Sharron's Party" all
over the country to great acclaim. Named the “Hottest Ticket in Town!” by the National
Post, this “Downtown Diva” attracted guests that included Tony Winner Brent Carver,
Tony nominee Louise Pitre, National Post reviewer Robert Cushman, star of the “The
Jane Show” and “Women Fully Clothed” Teresa Pavlinek and “This Hour Has 22
Minutesʼ” Gavin Crawford. After 5 fabulous years, in June of 2009, Sharron decided to
wrap up the “Party” in front of a busting SRO crowd so she could move onto other projects.

Then Sharron's 2009 summer cabaret series “Back to Basics” was the Critics Pic in the
Now Magazine for the entire 3 month run.

“Perfection”
Toronto Star

One of her hottest new shows “Sharron's Big Broadway Show”, which premiered at the
Toronto Centre for the Arts in early 2009, toured east to PEI and Nova Scotia to great
acclaim. In fall of 2009 hosted and featured her “Big Broadway Show” at the 2009 Contact
Conference, a showcase featuring the newest and brightest theatrical events in Canadian Theatre.

“Sharron Matthews is capable of selling any song like it's prime downtown real estate.”
The Toronto Sun

In 2008 Sharron hosted the Dora Awards at the Winter Garden Theatre and was
nominated for an award for Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of the Wicked
Witch of the West in LYKTPʼs The Wizard of Oz.

“Sharron Matthews is like a champagne cocktail....one with extra fizz.”
Hamilton Spectator, Gary Smith

After being featured in 2008 in a musical theatre songbook series at the inaugural
Canwest Cabaret Festival at the Young Centre, Sharron premiered her newest cabaret
creation “Sharron Matthews and the Panik Attack” to a SOLD OUT crowd at the 2009
Canwest Cabaret Festival, moving her work to the next level with the added element of
a rock band to help guide her singular musical storytelling. In 2009, she also had the
great joy of being featured at the Hysteria Festival, a festival of women, at Buddies in Bad Times.

“A live wire who electrifies the cabaret scene.”
Toronto Star

After such a fabulous year, Sharron is now thrilled to be moving into the international
scene! She is going to continue to push the boundaries of storytelling as she takes her
singular brand of cabaret all over the world! Keep your eyes open for upcoming dates
on the Homepage...or email her from the homepage and she will add you to her email
list or you can join her group “The Sharron Matthews Experience” on Facebook.

“It was a divinely fabulous evening of song and hilarious storytelling... Once is
never enough when it comes to Sharron Matthews’ Cabaret.”
Twisi Theatre Blog

Sharron's Blog, which is at the same time hilarious and heart-wrenching, has become a
daily destination for people all over the world, in and out of the entertainment industry.
Due to her...entertaining and, sometimes, unexpected exploits Sharron has been
featured as the diarist in the National Post twice in two years. Glenn Sumi of the Now
Magazine declared Sharronʼs Blog “Brutally honest and funny” on Twitter.

" The most truthful, insightful performance in the small cast."
StagetoPage.com

And Sharron also has a flourishing career on stage and in TV and film. On the big and
small screen you might recognize Sharron from the hit movie Mean Girls in which she
played Joan the Secretary alongside Lindsay Lohan. Sharron was also featured in
Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe, Take the Lead with Alfre Woodard, Kojak with Ving
Rhames, as one of the Pick-a Little Ladies in The Music Man movie for Disney with
Matthew Broderick, the Hairspray movie with John Travolta and the CBC mini-series
Altar Boy Gang.

“Vocally exquisite”
XTRA Magazine

Theatrical performances include Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables with Colm
Wilkinson in Toronto and on a North American tour, Lottie in original cast of the Harold
Prince revival of Showboat with Elaine Stritch and Robert Morse, Babette in Beauty and
the Beast at the Princess of Wales and the Narrator in two sold out runs of Joseph and
His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

“Grandly theatrical and unhinged (in a good way)."
The Globe and Mail

The only question to ask is....What will she do next?

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Sharron Matthews & George Masswohl

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“Sharron Matthews is capable of selling any song like it's prime downtown real estate.”
The Toronto Sun

Sharron has done it all.
She has performed on the stages of the some of the biggest theatres in North America
in plays, musicals, and with symphonies. Matthews has been featured in movies, on TV
and in animated cartoons as a voice over artist.

“Perfection!”
The Toronto Star

And if that isn't enough.... this powerhouse is a writer and producer of her own “cult
showbiz happening!” one woman shows.
Sharron's Party! - An evening with Sharron Matthews - has been called “one of the
hottest tickets in town” and “a killer party!”. This comedy / singing extravaganza has
packed them in since December 2005. She has featured guests such as Louise Pitre,
Brent Carver, Graham Abbey, Damien Atkins and Thom Allison to name a just a few.
She spent two years at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto and has now moved it back to
Tallulah's Cabaret at Buddies in Bad Times where it continues to cause line ups galore!

“Hottest ticket in Town!”
The National Post

On the big and small screen you might recognise her from the hit movie Mean Girls in
which she played Joan the Secretary alongside Lindsay Lohan. Sharron was also
featured in Cinderella Man with Russell Crowe, Take the Lead with Alfre Woodard,
Kojak with Ving Rhames, as one of the Pick-a Little Ladies in The Music Man movie for
Disney with Matthew Broderick, the Hairspray movie with John Travolta and the CBC
mini-series Altar Boy Gang

“Saucy.”
The Globe and Mail

Theatrical performances include Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables with Colm
Wilkinson in Toronto and on a North American tour, Lottie in original cast of the Harold
Prince revival of Showboat with Elaine Stritch and Robert Morse, Babette in Beauty and
the Beast at the Princess of Wales and the Narrator in two sold out runs of Joseph and
His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. She played the Wicked Witch of the West in the
acclaimed LKTYP production of Wizard of Oz at the end of last year for which she
recieved a Dora Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical as well as playing the role of
Sue in Sky Gilbert's musical Happy to rave reviews.

"Sharron Matthews is like a champagne cocktail....one with extra fizz."
— Gary Smith, Hamilton Spectator

Sharron had the honour of hosting the Doras Awards in 2008 at the Winter Garden for
which she was described as

”Effervescent”
by Now Magazine

and the Toronto Sun said she 'delighted the audience' !
Well, really!
And now she has put together 'Sharron's Big Broadway Show'.
It is the story of her adventure that brought her from the 'steel town' of Hamilton Ontario
to the audition rooms of New York City, to the sound stages and set where she has
worked with John Travolta, Tina Fey and Russell Crowe... and Richie Cunningham...
and what a story it is!
Who knows what she will do OR where she will be next... but she is a big hit on Youtube
and on her Webshow.... check out her blog!!