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CHARLOTTE-LOUISE BRAILSFORD:
From Nottingham
to New York
17 Year old Musical Theatre Performer and
student, Charlotte-Louise Brailsford of
St Ann’s/ Mapperley requires £30,000 to
study at The American Musical & Dramatic
Academy in New York City and Los Angeles
from October 2016.
In a community where many black youth
are often looked down on, opportunities
for performing in particular were little.
Growing up had some challenges like most
young people living with single parents.
However, Charlotte was always remained
passionate about performing from a
very young age and kept a close eye on
upcoming opportunities. This kept her
focused throughout her school years where
as a lot of young people she grew up with
were happy to sacrifice their inspirations by
turn to the streets.
Asked what inspires her, Charlotte said
“Growing up I have learnt that the
good things in life don’t come easy and
that you have to work hard to achieve
anything of worth. I want to inspire
other kids from the streets to make their
dreams a reality too”.
Charlotte has always dreamed to pursue a
career as a leading lady on London’s West
End. However, she knew that she had to
push her limits to make her dreams come
true of getting into a good drama school
because of what believed in, despite of
her background. In which, Nottingham
Teenager Charlotte turned to the states for
her first choice drama school and within
days was offered a place to study at The
American Musical Dramatic Academy of
New York City and Los Angeles for four
years.
“I could have chosen to study somewhere
cheaper; somewhere nearer to home, yet
why should I settle for something which
is less than my dreams?”
To accomplish this dream, Charlotte must
raise £30,000 for each year of her study’s
and is willing to work as hard as she can
to make this happen. With her fundraising
logo and hashtag “Help Charlotte B get to
NYC” or #CharlotteBNYC, she has already
started to fundraising. Individuals and
organisations have started contributing
towards supporting Charlotte towards
meeting this goal.
Her college, New College Nottingham
Clarendon has helped Charlotte by using
her talents to show Nottingham that she
needs the your help to fund for her four
year Musical Theatre degree course in New
York and Los Angeles.
Mojatu is supporting Charlotte with design
of her website, http://charlottebrailsford.
com/ and promoting her fund raising
campaign.
Charlotte uses her art to raise awareness
of causes close to her heart- previously
working with The Anne Frank Foundation
and now the Mojatu Foundation to raise
awareness of Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM) and other organisations challenging
prejudice and equality.
Charlotte has featured in various musicals
from Les Miserables to Joseph and The
Technicolor Dreamcoat as well as being a
part of different film and dance productions
across Nottingham. She landed the lead
role of “Anne” in the Atlas Av film company
advert “The Time Travelling Gardener” and in
July 2015, she made her debut as “Dorothy”
The Nottingham Lakeside Arts production of
“The Wiz”, directed by Martin Berry. She also
won the Nottingham “Sing City” competition
November 2015 with The Nottingham Music
Hub at The Royal Concert Hall.