Charlie trained with Augusto Boal's Centre of the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro. She was Resident Assistant Director at the Donmar in 2004. Directing includes: Sunset Baby (Gate); Lower Ninth (Donmar at Trafalgar); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Donmar); Darfur- How Long Is Never (Tricycle); When Five Years Pass (Arcola); Gladiator Games (Sheffield Studio).  As Co-Director: Bloody Sunday, Justifying War (Tricycle).