Tatty Hennessy

Playwright, screenwriter, dramaturg

Manuel Harlen

About me

Hello. I am Tatty, a dramatist writing for stage and screen.

My work is Offie and UK Theatre Award winning and Olivier Award nominated.

I 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.

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. 

A group of people dressed in rugged, futuristic costumes with armor and tactical gear, looking upward with expressions of concern or awe inside a dimly lit, industrial setting with smoke and metal structures.

Helen Murray

Some past projects

  • A group of young actors in combat trousers and boots dance in military formation in front of a butcher's curtain

    Animal Farm

    Leeds Playhouse, Stratford Theatre Royal, Nottingham Playhouse. (dir. Amy Leach, des. Hayley Grindle) Commissioned for the NYT (dir. Ed Stambouillan, des. Jasmine Swann).

    photo Kirsten McTernan

  • Person with curly hair wearing a pink sheer fabric veil supporting their head and face, in a dark setting with blue stage lights and silhouettes of people in the background.

    Dracula

    National Youth Theatre

    dir. Atri Banerjee

    photo Manuel Harlan


  • A woman in a hospital bed with medical equipment on her head, sitting in a hospital room. A doctor or nurse is blurred in the background, sitting at a desk.

    Afterburn

    Short

    Honeybee Films, dir. David Cordon

  • Children and adults participating in a colorful bubble-blowing activity, with rainbow ribbons and a large rainbow soap bubble, against a blue decorative background.

    The Wellies

    English Touring Opera

    dir. Abigail Kelly, composed by Joanne Marie Skillet

    photo Julian Guidera

  • A person with a backpack, dressed in a warm coat, jeans, and boots, stands in a dark room with colorful, abstract light patterns on the walls, seemingly looking at a display or exhibit.

    A Hundred Words for Snow

    Trafalgar Studios and UK Tour

    dir. Lucy Jane Atkinson

    Inus Nua (USA), Moose of Fire (NZ), Gothenberg English Studio Theatre, Les Petits Papiers (France), Tree Make (Greece), Heaven Mania (South Korea)

    photo Nick Rutter

  • A man with dark hair, wearing an orange sweater and a watch, holding a sword in a room with a screen behind him displaying text, and a bed and shelves visible in the background.

    The Sleeping Sword

    The Watermill, adapted from the Michael Morpurgo novel

    dir. Lucy Jane Atkinson

    photo Mark Senior

Get in touch

My agent is Alex Cory at Berlin Associates Alexandrac@berlinassociates.com

For international rights enquiries, you can contact Julia Wyatt
Juliaw@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 this form below and I'll do my best to get back to you quickly.

I love to hear from students using my work in their training, drama school auditions or exam pieces, and am happy to provide insight and support where I can so please feel free to get in touch!