Tessa Walker

Tessa is a theatre director and dramaturg. 

Recent productions include Northanger Abbey (Orange Tree Theatre), Biscuits for Breakfast by Gareth Farr (Hampstead Theatre), Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann (Pilot Theatre, tour), Symphony of Us by Paul O’Donnell (Coventry Cathedral, Coventry City of Culture) and The Glad Game by Phoebe Frances Brown (Nottingham Playhouse and tour)

She was Associate Director at Hampstead Theatre from 2021 - 2023 where she directed Ravenscourt by Georgina Burns and Big, Big, Sky by Tom Wells.

As Associate Director at Birmingham Repertory Theatre Tessa directed Jekyll and Hyde by Evan Placey, 101 Dalmatians by Debbie Isitt, The Whip Hand by Douglas Maxwell, Looking for John by Tony Timberlake, Folk by Tom Wells, The Quiet House by Gareth Farr, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe adapt, by Adrian Noble, A Christmas Carol adapt. by Bryony Lavery, The Mother adapt. by Mark Ravenhill, Circles by Rachel De-Lahay, Back Down by Steven Camden and 366 Days of Kindness and How to be a Hero by White Rabbit Theatre.

Other directing includes: The Snow Queen adapted by Conor Mitchell (The Sherman Theatre, Cardiff), The Gatekeeper by Chloe Moss (The Royal Exchange, Manchester), The Company Will Overlook a Moment of Madness, adapted by Morna Pearson (The National Theatre of Scotland), Dream Pill by Rebecca Prichard and Dancing Bears by Sam Holcroft (Soho Theatre), The Red Helicopter by Robin French (The Almeida), She From the Sea by Zawe Ashton (LIFT), Harm’s Way by Zawe Ashton (The Lowry, Manchester), Black Crows by Linda Brogan (Arcola Theatre), Orange by Alan Harris (Script Cymru), Debris by Dennis Kelly (Theatre 503,BAC Critics’ Choice Season, The Traverse Edinburgh and Staatstheater Biennale, Germany)

Tessa has also been a Literary Director at Paines Plough and a Literary Associate at the National Theatre of Scotland.