Charlotte Jones
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Charlotte Jones had a meteoric rise to success as a playwright. She won the Critics’ Circle Most Promising Playwright award in 1999 for “In Flame” and “Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis”. Her fourth stage play “Humble Boy” premiered at the National Theatre in 2001, and was awarded the Critics’ Circle Best New Play Award, the People’s Choice Best New Play Award and was nominated for an Olivier award. It transferred to the West End and ran for nine months before opening at the Manhattan Theatre club in New York and being nominated for a Drama desk award. In 2015 Charlotte was made an Honourary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, for her services to the Arts. Her plays are published by Faber and Faber and have enjoyed productions all over the world. She also writes extensively for TV, radio and film.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
MARINA | Pathé Productions/Daybreak Pictures | Original Feature |
BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL | Qwerty Films | Original Feature |
HEAD CASES | Samuelson Productions | Medical TV Drama |
AMERICAN ROSE | Qwerty Films | Original Feature |
DOM AND RILEY | Merman Television/Sky One | Comedy Series |
ALYS, ALWAYS | Sixteen Films | Film Adaptation of Harriet Lane Novel |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE HALCYON 2017 | Left Bank Pictures | Series Creator and Writer |
WITHOUT YOU 2011 | Sally Head Productions for ITV | 3 part serial |
THE PALACE 2007 | Company Pictures for ITV | Episode 5 |
A AND E 2000 | ITV | First Series Episode 5 |
BESSIE AND THE BELL 2000 | Carlton TV | (First Signs of Madness Series) |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2018 | Chichester Festival Theatre | Directed by Natalie Abrahami |
2018 | Orange Tree Theatre | Directed by Paul Miller |
DIVA IN ME 2011 | Brighton Festival and Tour | Winner of Argos Angel award |
THE LIGHTNING PLAY 2006 | Almeida Theatre | Director: Anna Mackmin |
THE WOMAN IN WHITE 2004 | Andrew LLoyd Webber musical | West End/Broadway |
THE DARK 2003 | Donmar Warehouse - 2003 | Director: Anna Mackmin |
HUMBLE BOY | RNT – 2001 Gielgud Theatre – 2002 National Tour – 2003 Manhattan Theatre Club – 2003 | Directed by John Caird |
MARTHA, JOSIE & THE CHINESE ELVIS | Octagon, Bolton – 1999 Everyman, Liverpool – 1999 Palace Theatre, Watford – 2001 UK Tour, starring Maureen Lipman – 2007 | 1998 – Winner of the Pearson Television Best New Play Award |
IN FLAME | Bush Theatre/New Ambassadors | 1999 - Bush Theatre |
AIRSWIMMING 1998 | Battersea Arts Centre | Subsequently broadcast on Radio 4 |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE | Radio 4 | (adaptation of Fredrick Backman novel) |
WILD THINGS | BBC Radio 4 | Original Drama Serial |
AIRSWIMMING | Radio 4 | |
THE HENRY EXPERIMENT | Radio 4 | |
WHAT WOULD ELIZABETH BENNET DO? | Radio 4 | original 5 x 15 minute plays |
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE | Radio 4 | 3 part serialisation of Jane Austen novel |
AN AMERICAN ROSE | BBC Radio 4 | Radio play, directed by SALLY AVENS, 2012 |
MATILDA | Radio 4 | 2 x 1hr episodes based on the Roald Dahl novel |
TALKING TO STRANGERS | Radio 4 | Nominated for Sony Award 2007 |
DIVA IN ME | BBC Radio 4 | 2012 |
DOLLY'S MEXICAN WAVE | Radio 4 | |
HUMBLE BOY | Radio 4 | |
MIA AND MAIA | Radio 4 | Nominated for the Peter Tinniswood Award 2005 |
THE SOUND OF SOLITARY WAVES | Radio 4 | Nominated for a SONY AWARD for ‘Best New Drama’ – 2004 |
MAGPIE TALES | Radio 4 | |
RUBY ON A TUESDAY | Radio 4 | |
BLUE AIR LOVE AND FLOWERS | Radio 4 | |
IN THE ABSENCE OF GEOFF | Radio 4 | |
SEA SYMPHONY FOR PIANO AND CHILD | Radio 4 | |
A SEER OF SORTS | Radio 4 | |
FUTURE PERFECT | Radio 4 | |
MARY SOMETHING TAKES THE VEIL | Radio 4 |