Sharlene Hector: Touring the World and Owning the Spotlight

Sharlene Hector has performed for festival crowds at Glastonbury and Mount Fuji, toured internationally with Muse and Alicia Keys, starred in a Coca-Cola advert seen around the world, and then discovered during a global pandemic that what she really wanted to do was act.

Sharlene Hector is a British singer, performer and actor with a career spanning over two decades. She has toured with Basement Jaxx, Gorillaz and Michael Bublé, sung backing vocals for Muse, Alicia Keys and Emeli Sandé, and in recent years has moved into musical theatre with acclaimed roles in Dreamgirls, A Strange Loop, Standing at the Sky's Edge and Hercules.

• What the grit of international touring teaches you that nothing else does — and how it compares to the disciplined world of musical theatre
• The story behind her iconic Coca-Cola advert — and what happened in the aftermath
• How lockdown became the unlikely moment she discovered a genuine passion for acting
• What performing for massive festival crowds at Glastonbury and Mount Fuji feels like from the stage
• The leaps of faith and pivots that have defined a career built on saying yes to things that terrify you

Connect with Sharlene here:

• Instagram
• Spotify

Find us on social media — links on the About page.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.