Charlie makes his return to The London Palladium stage, having previously starred in three consecutive Christmas seasons, as Dick in the Olivier Award-winning production of Dick Whittington; returning a year on as Prince in Snow White; then in Pantoland at the Palladium.

Theatre includes: Bill Calhoun/Lucentio in Kiss Me, Kate (Barbican Theatre) directed by Bartlett Sher; Bobby Child in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre & Gillian Lynne Theatre) directed by Susan Stroman - for which he received nominations at the Olivier Awards 2024 for Best Actor In A Musical, National Dance Awards 2024 for Outstanding Male Modern Performance, Evening Standard Awards 2023 for Best Musical Performance, WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 for Best Actor In A Musical, and UK Theatre Awards 2022 for Best Performance in a Musical; Bert in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre) directed by Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne - for which he received a nomination at the Olivier Awards 2020 for Best Actor In A Musical; his breakout role as Arthur Kipps in Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre & Noel Coward Theatre) directed by Rachel Kavanaugh - for which he received nominations at the Olivier Awards 2017 for Best Actor In A Musical, Carl Alan Awards 2017 for the Performer's Award, UK Theatre Awards 2016 for Best Performance In A Musical, and won the WhatsOnStage Award 2017 for Best Actor In A Musical. The production was later broadcast on Sky Arts as Kipps - The New Half A Sixpence Musical. 

Charlie made his Broadway debut as Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! (Shubert Theater, New York) directed by Jerry Zaks and opposite Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters. For his performance, Charlie was awarded the 2018 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. 

Other credits include: Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends - A Celebration (Sondheim Theatre), Simon Green in Lloyd George Knew My Father (Theatre Royal, Windsor), Dvornichek in Tom Stoppard’s Rough Crossing (National Tour), Eddie in Mamma Mia! (International Tour), and his professional debut in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre). 

Charlie trained at Laine Theatre Arts. 

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