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Charles Savage is a British theatre director, producer and writer with a career which has extended into film, TV and radio, spanning over 40 years. He has been the Artistic Director of three major UK regional theatres, and has directed over 300 productions, some of which he also wrote and produced, throughout the UK, London and overseas.

He was founder and creator of the national touring company, Southern Exchange, additional text.during his 10 year tenure as Artistic Director of the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon. He was also the first to achieve the rights to write and direct new musical stage versions of the children's BBC TV series, Postman Pat and Fireman Sam,[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireman_Sam_In_Action which toured worldwide successfully for several years.

He is currently Director of the Royal Cornwall Poly Arts Centre and Galleries in Falmouth.

He married actress Carmen Du Sautoy in 1974.

Education

 * Bradfield College
 * Central School of Speech and Drama (1963-1966)

Early Career
1967-1973


 * Trainee Director with ABC TV bursary at the Royal Court Theatre and at the RSC.
 * Assistant Editor at the BBC script unit.
 * Associate Director Northcott Theatre, University of Exeter.
 * Associate Director Nottingham Playhouse.

Subsequent Career includes

 * Artistic Director Lyceum Theatre, Crewe. 1973-1977
 * Artistic Director and CEO Wyvern Theatre, Swindon. 1977-1987
 * Chairman of Extemporary Dance Company. 1980 - 1988
 * Writer/Director/Producer of Postman Pat Productions. 1987-1998
 * Managing Director of Paragraph International - an independent film production company based at Pinewood Studios specialising in script development for large scale childrens' shows. 1990-2000
 * Executive Producer Rainbow feature film, director Bob Hoskins. 1995
 * Executive Producer Hanged on a Twisted Cross feature film. 2000
 * Director/Producer Shakespeare as I Knew Her RSC's international tour of Jane Lapotaire's one woman show. 1999-2002
 * Chairman/Executive Director of Pavlov Ballet, the Russian classical touring ballet company, based in Wales. 2000-2002
 * Head of Arts Development Test Valley Council with the contract to build a new arts centre/cinema complex. 2003-2005
 * Head of Performance and Comedy Writing at Southampton Solent University.2005-2009
 * Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University tutor for the MA course in screen writing.
 * Transition Director Immediate Theatre,London. 2011-2012

2012 - Present
 * Director for the Royal Cornwall Poly Arts Centre and Galleries.
 * Moderator for the Arts Council/Trinity College Arts Awards.
 * Member of the Board of Trustees of the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth.
 * Writer/Director of The Apple Tree feature film.

Awards
Winner of The Guardian New Artist Award 1975 for Innovative Programming and Support of New Writing.