Sharman began her comedy career in 2009. After reaching the finals of the 2010 Funny Women awards, she took two shows to the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Giants Of Comedy[1] and A Time Traveller's Guide to Surviving Childhood [2] as part of PBH's Free Fringe. At Edinburgh 2012, she performed in George Ryegold's God-In-A-Bag [3] at the Underbelly Bristo Square.
She performs in character as Madame Magenta[4] and as The Poet,[5] and took her first solo show Madame Magenta: Libros Mystica to Edinburgh in 2014.[6]
Since then, she has co-written four Edinburgh Festival Fringe productions with her husband and collaborator Laurence Owen: Cinemusical (2015), Cinemusical High (2016),[7] The Time Machine (2017), which subsequently toured the UK,[8][9] and Jekyll vs Hyde (2019).[10]
In 2020, Lindsay co-founded Long Cat Media, a podcast production company specialising in audio fiction.[11][12] Her first podcast series, Mockery Manor, was nominated for Best Fiction at the British Podcast Awards 2020.[13]