Woebegone

"As a feminist director, I want to centre the female perspective in my story-telling. It is important not to shy away from topics that people class as taboo. These are the issues that need to be shouted about the most. The only way to tackle the femicide and violence against women is to become advocates"

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Charlotte is a Director, Actor & Educator originally from Liverpool and now based in South West London. 

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Charlotte originally trained in Musical Theatre at LIPA, graduated from Royal Holloway University of London with a BA (Hons.) Drama & Theatre Studies and trained in Advance Acting at RADA. 

​Rhia Burston is a northern working-class actor, award winning writer and producer, who specialises in telling uncovered stories to insight real change and conversation through working collaboratively with artists. Rhia is a soon to be graduate of BA Acting at the Guildford School of Acting, and the winner of the Sir John Gielgud Award of 2023 as an award for her talent and rigor. She has been working as a theatre maker across the nation for the last few years, and is the founder and artistic director of Up Yours, specialising in telling stories and providing opportunities for working class artists. Winning the Producer's Choice Award for 'Woebegone' in July 2023, Rhia's writing holds a naturalistic, raw and poignant voice, unafraid of challenge and unapologetically real, which explores the reality of the world we're living and allows the audience to see their unspoken thoughts to be spotlighted on stage.