Joseph
Charlton

Joseph Charlton is a multi-award winning writer from the North East. He is currently developing an eight-part television adaption of his play Brilliant Jerks with New Pictures for the BBC. He is also developing new television projects with See Saw Films, and BBC Studios. In 2018 he was selected for the BBC Drama Room scheme, and in 2019 he was selected for the BBC TV Drama Writers' Programme.

His last play, ANNA X (***** LondonTheatre1, **** The Stage, **** Broadway World), was inspired by the life of con-artist Anna Delvey, and given an Origins Outstanding New Work award by the festival. His 2018 play Brilliant Jerks (**** The Independent, **** The Stage, **** The i) sold out at the Vaults and was given a ‘Best Show’ award by the festival.

In 2017, his play Anniversary was published in the literary magazine Arete, which has previously put out new work by Tom Stoppard, Patrick Marber, Nina Raine, and others. He has written for the Arcola theatre's youth group and had short work performed at Theatre 503, Greenwich Theatre, and Southwark Playhouse.

As a journalist he has written for the i newspaper, Independent, Financial Times, Economist and Times Literary Supplement.