Mighty Atoms

Charlotte has a proven career as a versatile, contemporary director. She works in a range of genres directing television, film, musical theatre, new writing, opera, pantomime and classical texts.

As Associate Director for the Northcott Theatre, Charlotte directed main house productions of Bedroom Farce, Single Spies, a newly adapted version of The Turn of the Screw and co-directed The Grapes of Wrath.

Other projects include re-directing the West End production of Abigail’s Party for a national tour (Hampstead/Bath Theatre Royal Productions), directing Elsie and Norm’s Macbeth (Salisbury Playhouse and UK national tour), directing Cole – a musical revue of Cole Porter’s life, (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford), directing the new musical Not the End of the World (YMT), tour director on London Cuckolds (Royal National Theatre), resident director on the Olivier award winning South Pacific (Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, choreographed by Matthew Bourne at RNT), Associate Director on Strictly Ballroom the Musical (Directed by Drew McOnie for West Yorkshire Playhouse and Princess Of Wales Theatre, Toronto), Associate Director on Prism (Birmingham Rep and UK tour, starring Robert Lindsay and Tara Fitzgerald), director on multiple productions for Creation Theatre, Oxford and the award winning, Guildford Shakespeare Company.

Charlotte also works as a dramaturg, (specifically developing new musical theatre), writer, and choreographer (at Shakespeare’s Globe, Kent Opera and Headlong amongst others). Charlotte’s TV directing credits include Doctors (BBC) and 10 episodes for Hollyoaks including the 2022 Christmas day special (Channel 4). Her production of the Sondheim musical, Sunday in the Park with George has just opened at The Yvonne Arnaud produced by Alex Parker for Quick Fantastic Productions.

Amanda Whittington is one of the most widely performed playwrights in the UK. Her plays include Be My Baby (Soho Theatre, 1998), Satin ’n’ Steel (Nottingham Playhouse, 2005), Ladies' Day (Hull Truck, 2005) and its sequels Ladies Down Under (Hull Truck, 2007) and Ladies Unleashed (Hull Truck, 2022), The Thrill of Love (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 2013), Kiss Me Quickstep (New Vic Theatre, 2016),  Mighty Atoms (Hull Truck, 2017) and The Invincibles(Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, 2023).

She has adapted Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, My Judy Garland Life and Tipping the Velvet for the stage. She writes regularly for BBC Radio 4, contributing to the Woman's Hour serial and Afternoon Play slots.

Her stage plays have also become a popular choice for amateur, community and school productions across the country.

Contains violence, threat of violence, strong language, sensitive subject matters (transitioning and transphobia, bullying, weight loss, sexism), references to drugs and overdose, sudden loud noises, flashing lights, and haze.