Fran has worked for many companies including Garsington Opera, Opera Holland Park, Opera North, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, English Touring Opera and Copenhagen Opera House. She has played at Bregenz Festival where she was repetiteur for the operas on the lake. She has coached at the Royal College of Music, Morley College and British Youth Opera. Concert venues have included The Clink restaurant in Brixton prison and the London Transport Museum where she played the accordion. She played for West Side Story and Guys and Dolls in Wandsworth prison with Pimlico opera and worked as musical advisor on the plays Quartet and Masterclass in the West End.