Charlotte Westenra: Directing Theatre

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Charlotte is a stage director and dramaturg specialising in
political theatre and new writing, with an emphasis on the
development of British musicals. 


She is currently developing a contemporary political musical with
writers Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth, a state of the nation
drama by Owen McCafferty and a one woman musical satire with
Richard Hough and Ben Morales Frost for the Barn Theatre,
Cirencester. 


After graduating with first-class honours for Drama at the
University of Manchester and training at Augusto Boal’s Centre of
the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro, Charlotte’s
career started at the Donmar Warehouse, where she was the
Resident Assistant Director between 2004-2005. For the Donmar,
she directed Kiss of the Spider Woman and Lower Ninth (for Donmar
@ Trafalgar Studios). Charlotte was also associate director on
Frost/Nixon to Michael Grandage and Piaf to Jamie Lloyd for both
the Donmar West End transfers at the Gielgud and Vaudeville
respectively.

Charlotte has been recognised for numerous awards, including a
2006 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate
Theatre as associate director to Nicolas Kent for Bloody Sunday –
Scenes from the Savile Inquiry. She received a nomination for a
2006 Whatsonstage Theatregoers Choice Award for Gladiator Games;
the same play was part of a season at Stratford East, which was
nominated for the 2007 Olivier Award for outstanding Achievement
in an Affiliate Theatre. Waiting for Lefty was a finalist for
2003 James Menzies Kitchin Award for Young Directors
(BAC). 

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