Charlotte Bennett

Charlotte is an award winning theatre director and artistic leader. She is currently the Joint Artistic Director/CEO of Paines Plough.  Charlotte has directed numerous productions of new plays, touring plays all over the UK as well as transferring productions to New York. Previously she was Associate Director at Soho Theatre where she led the new writing department, developing artists and commissions and programming and prior to this she was Artistic Director of Forward Theatre Project; an artists’ collective she founded. As a freelance director Charlotte has worked extensively for Open Clasp Theatre Company and she held the role of Producer for theatre company RashDash for 4 years where she toured experimental new theatre around the UK. Charlotte is now a trustee of Open Clasp Theatre Company alongside Access All Areas.