Charlotte Everest
Theatre Director, Artistic director, Drag king, PRODUCER
Image from Passion Play, Leeds, 2016
About...
Photo by Korey J Ryan.
Hi there,
I’m Charlotte, an award-winning Theatre Director, Drag King, headphone verbatim practitioner and the Artistic Director of Mrs C’s Collective, an Associate Company at the Space theatre. I have a passion for working with communities and championing accessibility and well-being within my work.
I am Associate Artist and Producer for Kristine Landon-Smith in both theatre and film, often working with Kristine as a co, associate & assistant director and researcher (National Youth Theatre, Park Theatre, RADA, East 15, Rich Mix, Strike A Light).
I’m currently working with Mrs C’s Collective, a team of specialists and the University of Greenwich to develop and accredit training on how to make trauma-informed art safely. More here. We are also currently completing our 12-month writer development programme, The Writers’ Collective, working with four underrepresented writers, four new plays and 46 freelancers.
As a creative, I’m skilled in access support work, drag, site-responsive & immersive theatre, headphone verbatim, movement direction, safe practice, mental health first aid, new writing, producing and devising.
In 2018, I completed the role of Director in Residence at Braeburn Theatre, Nairobi.
My artistic voice is led by curiosity and community, with unique collaborations being a vehicle for that: from training as a Drag King, relocating to Nairobi to direct their national pantomime and a studio show, working multi-lingually (including in sign language) on a film in India, training in headphone verbatim, access support and to collaborating with hip hop artists and rappers to adapt Scottish monologues. I’m a mover - I’ve trained with Living Pictures in the Michael Chekhov Technique and often work with complicité & clowning practices, all in all to create through movement.
My directing career began in Leeds, directing Churchill’s Love and Information. I then began to expand my style, completing a sold-out run of an immersive and site-specific performance of Peter Nichols’ Passion Play. Since launching my career in Leeds, I have committed my time to working with local councils, collaborating with many detached communities, involving schools and charities to create projects inspired and directly affected by real people. These projects resulted in devised, immersive and site-specific performances, unpicking the history and identity of the site and the communities involved.
I completed an MA at Mountview in Theatre Directing and dedicated time into developing my intracultural and international practice with Tamasha Theatre’s co-founder, Kristine Landon-Smith. Now, as an Associate Artist, I work as Producer, Assistant and Researcher for Kristine.
“Everest’s direction comes into its own
Uninhibited and brave
Creative vivacity
Bold and engaging”
“The highest commendation should go to the director Charlotte Everest.
Her creativity should be applauded.”
“This piece presents a myriad of possibilities that I’m sure other artists will steal”
“She is a hands-on professional
Enchanting and spicy
Departure from tradition, director Charlotte Everest dared in this wildly inventive pantomime
Revolutionising the old model without ruffling too many traditionalists’ feathers
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“Charlotte Everest’s production is superb
An utter delight”
Everest created and directed a short film based on the work achieved in Winded the play.
Charlotte Everest is currently working on...
“...and much of what happens in Dream School, offer beautiful examples of safe, effective ways to depict trauma onstage. The piece presents a myriad of possibilities that I’m sure other artists will steal in the hopes that we have more moments in theatre in which we can explore and (more importantly) learn from tragedy.”
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We have just completed our three-year project DREAM SCHOOL, where I worked as director and producer alongside Mrs C’s Collective, Space Productions and the University of Greenwich, supported by Arts Council England.
I’m currently working with Mrs C’s Collective, a team of specialists and the University of Greenwich to develop and accredit training on how to make trauma-informed art safely. More here. We are also currently completing our 12-month writer development programme, The Writers’ Collective, working with four underrepresented writers, four new plays and 46 freelancers.
Other Projects…
Charlotte is currently working with Mrs C’s Collective as their artistic director, supporting the Collective’s development and various initiatives.
Charlotte is Associate Artist to Kristine Landon-Smith; directing, assisting and producing on various projects in both theatre and film and within the community.