Charlotte Burton
Charlotte is a lighting designer who works all over the UK and abroad. She also works as an associate and assistant to lighting designers including Ben Cracknell, Bruno Poet, Peter Mumford and Lee Curran. She trained at LIPA, graduating in 2014 and was awarded the prize for Creative & Technical excellence.
Charlotte was the inaugural participant of the Lumiere Scheme in 2015, previously run by the Association of Lighting Designers. Now the Association for Lighting Production and Design, Charlotte is Chair of the Lumiere Scheme working group and along with the team runs both the Design & Production Lumiere Schemes.
PREVIOUS LIGHTING DESIGNS INCLUDE:
'The Rake's Progress', Directed by Frederic Wake-Walker, Royal Academy of Music / Maggio Musicale, Florence
Peter Andre 'PA30' Tour (Lighting Concept), Directed by Gary Lloyd, UK Tour
'Jack & The Beanstalk', Directed by Emily Wood & Bob Golding, Royal & Derogate, Northampton
'glass human', Directed by Lucy Bailey, Glyndebourne & UK Tour
Sarah Kroger 'Light Has Come', UK Tour
'Headcase', Directed by Laura Keefe, Bush Theatre Studio & Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
'A Table Tennis Play', Directed by Ed Madden, Edinburgh Fringe
‘Memoirs of An Asian Football Casual’, Directed by Nikolai Foster, Curve.
‘Bugsy Malone’, Directed by Ashley Elbourne, Royal & Derngate.
‘The Blue Road, Directed by Ashley Elbourne, Royal & Derngate.
‘Vinegar Tom’, Directed by Emily Jenkins, ‘Posh’, Directed by Dan Coleman & ‘Pornography’, Directed by Dominic Rouse – in rep, Royal & Derngate.
‘You Boy’, Directed by Alex Slater, UK Tour.
‘Café Crescendo’ Directed by Trudy Bell, Royal & Derngate.
‘School Shorts’, Directed by Ashley Elbourne, Royal & Derngate.
‘Hacktivists’, Directed by Ashley Elborune, Royal & Derngate.
‘The Pier’, Directed by Rosy Banham, UK Tour.
CREDITS DURING TRAINING:
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, Directed by Stephen Buckwald, PMA, LIPA.
‘Three Sisters on Hope Street’, Directed by Gillian Lemon, PMA, LIPA.
ASSOCIATE WORK INCLUDES:
'4000 Miles', Minerva, Chichester Festival Theatre
'The Lehman Trilogy', Gillian Lynne Theatre, West End Lehman
'Alcina', Glyndebourne
'Back To The Future', Adelphi Theatre, West End
'Cinderella', Gillian Lynne Theatre, West End
'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', Grand Opera, Belfast
'Sunset Boulevard ' in Concert at Home, Leicester Curve
'A Number', Bridge Theatre
'The Son', Kiln Theatre in the West End
'Jude', Hampstead Theatre
'My Name Is Lucy Barton', Bridge Theatre
'La Clemenza Di Tito', Opera De Oviedo
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’, West End, BAM, New York & The Wallis, LA.
‘Jubilee’, Lyric Hammersmith.
‘Dick Whittington’, Manchester Opera House.
ASSISTANT WORK INCLUDES:
'Moulin Rouge!', Piccadilly Theatre, West End
The Olivier Awards 2023, 2022 & 2019, Royal Albert Hall
'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat', London Palladium & UK Tour
‘The Wedding Singer’, Wembley Troubadour & UK Tour.
'Big the Musical', Dominion Theatre, West End
'Disney's Broadway Hits', Royal Albert Hall, 2016 & 2019.
'Annie', West End & UK Tour.
‘Heathers’, The Other Palace.
‘An Officer & A Gentleman’, UK Tour.
‘Scrooge’, Curve.
‘Young Frankenstein’, West End & Newcastle Theatre Royal.
‘Sunset Boulevard’, UK Tour.
‘Legally Blonde’, Curve & Opera Garnier, Monte Carlo.
‘The Addams Family’, UK Tour.
‘La Cage Aux Folles’, UK Tour.
‘Cinderella’, London Palladium.
‘The Children’, The Royal Court.
‘Bugsy Malone’, Curve.
‘The Tempest’, Royal & Derngate.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’, Bristol Old Vic.
‘A Christmas Carol’, West End.
‘Little Eyolf’, Almeida.
‘Mr Foote’s Other Leg’, West End & Hampstead.
‘Gravity Fatigue’, Sadler’s Wells.
‘Weaklings’ Warwick Arts Centre.
‘For Services Rendered’, Chichester Festival Theatre.
‘Mack and Mabel’, Chichester Festival Theatre.
‘Educating Rita’ Chichester Festival Theatre.
‘A Damsel In Distress’, Chichester Festival Theatre
AWARDS:
- LIPA’s Creative & Technical Excellence Prize 2014.
- 2021 Lightmongers Award as part of the team who ran the Lumiere 20:20 & Team Lumiere Schemes for the ALD in 2020.