Tatty Hennessy.
Tatty Hennessy.
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About me.
Hello, I am a dramatist writing for stage and screen.
I trained at LAMDA and am a graduate of the Royal Court Writers' Group and Channel 4 Screenwriters' Programme. I'm currently a recipient of the Writers' Guild New Play Commissioning Scheme. My debut short film is in pre-production with HoneyBee Films.
I tell dark stories with warm hearts that find the epic in the everyday, look at big ideas through small lenses, and are preferably a little bit strange.
Featured Work.
Animal Farm
Leeds Playhouse and Stratford East
★★★★★ The Stage
★★★★★ "A must-see." The Guardian
★★★★ The Times
NYT and Royal and Derngate 2021
★★★★★ "Extraordinary" The Stage
The Sleeping Sword
The Watermill, 2023
“audaciously creative" - The Guardian
"as poignant as it is boisterous... A tonic for all children looking for an imaginative walk on the wild side." - The Times
Available from Concord Theatricals
a great big woolly mammoth thawing from the ice
Burning Coal Theatre, North Carolina USA
★★★★ C Life and Style
★★★★ Indy Week
Something Awful
Vault Festival 2020
Winner - OFFCOM Commendation for Short Run
Nominated for a Vault Origins Award for Outstanding New Work
Available from Nick Hern
F Off
NYT, Udderbelly EdFringe 2019
★★★★ The Times
★★★★★ The Scots Reviewer
A Hundred Words For Snow
First performed at Vault Festival 2018, then Trafalgar Studios on the West End, from March 5th-30th 2019.
Winner of the Heretic Voices Award for Monologue Drama
3 Offie nominations, for Best Director, Most Promising Playwright, and Best Play, and a win for Gemma Barnett as Best Actress.
★★★★ 'wonderful' The Stage
The play has subsequently seen many productions around the world, from New Zealand to North Carolina, and been translated into French, Greek and Korean.
Available from Nick Hern
For educators and students.
Making work with, for and about young people is a core part of what I do. I am always delighted to hear from teachers and students interested in my plays, particularly Animal Farm or A Hundred Words for Snow.
If you would like to know more about educational resources I can provide supporting these texts, get in touch with the form below and I'm happy to help.
I also have experience running playwrighting and drama workshops for young people of all ages, including for the National Youth Theatre, LAMDA, Theatre By The Lake and The Watermill.
Get in touch.
For work enquiries you can contact me via my agent, Alex Cory at Berlin Associates alexandrac@berlinassociates.com
If you'd like to talk to me about my work, or are an emerging writer looking for advice or mentoring, please contact me using the form below and I'll do my best to get back to you quickly.
I love to hear from people using A Hundred Words For Snow as a drama school audition or exam piece, and am happy to provide insight and support where I can so please feel free to get in touch!