Charlie Falkner is a playwright and emerging screenwriter from Sydney, Australia. His works have been produced both domestically and internationally. His most recent play, Darwin's Reptilia was staged for a developmental reading at the IRT theatre in New York in 2022, and was programmed for Belvoir's coveted 25A season in November 2023. It is due for publication in June 2024.
Charlie’s portfolio includes his first full-length play Dirty People, penned in 2015. It saw its premiere production in May 2016 and has undertaken various productions across Australia since. Charlie’s second work, Sex Object, produced in April 2017, received widespread acclaim and was selected for an off-Broadway production at The PIT in New York City in 2018. Charlie has twice been shortlisted for the Martin-Lysicrates Prize, and is a three-time published playwright.
Charlie created and wrote "An Alien In Sydney," in 2022, a found-footage mockumentary series, currently making its rounds in the festival circuit. It has been screened internationally and has won Best Series at the Melbourne Cinefest Festival and Best Ensemble Piece at Sydney Webfest.
Charlie has worked as a freelance script consultant, script editor and producer. Since 2016, he has been the co-artistic director of JackRabbit Productions, a driving force of new Australian work in Sydney’s independent theatre scene. He has produced plays such as 'A Little Piece of Ash' (Megan Wilding), 'Wrath' (Liam Maguire), and 'Maureen the Harbinger of Death' (Jonny Hawkins), working across venues from The Eternity Playhouse in Sydney to the Blue Room in Perth.