Tess Seddon

I am a director, dramaturg and creator from Leeds with a base in London. I work as a freelancer and as the Artistic Director of TheatreState. I am interested in how the roles we play change us and the world.

Credits

DIRECTOR, How a City Can Change The World, Community Show, Sheffield Theatres and Stockroom, 1 week, 2022

DIRECTOR AND WRITER, Say Yes to Tess - A New Musical, Leeds Playhouse, National Tour, 4 weeks, 2022

DIRECTOR AND CO-CREATOR, Politics Could Never, podcast, 2022

DIRECTOR, The Last Dinosaur, Barnsley Civic and Community Tour, The Herd, 5 weeks, 2021

DIRECTOR, Decades, Leeds Playhouse, 3 weeks, 2021

DIRECTOR, Mirror Mirror, National Theatre, online, 2020

DIRECTOR AND CO-CREATOR, Christmas Isn’t Cancelled, Leeds Playhouse Young Company, online, 2020

DIRECTOR, How to Fly Like a Reindeer, Hull Truck, The Herd, 3 weeks, 2019

DIRECTOR, Pomona, LAMDA, 2 weeks, 2019

DIRECTOR, The Things We Wouldn’t Otherwise Find, Leeds Playhouse, 4 weeks, 2018

DIRECTOR, Uncle Vanya School’s Project, Almeida, created over 10 weeks, 2016

DIRECTOR AND CREATOR, Tribute Acts, Assembly Edinburgh and National Tour, 6 weeks, 2015-16

DIRECTOR AND CREATOR, The Fanny Hill Project, National Tour, 4 weeks, 2014

DIRECTOR, ICU, Almeida Young Company, created over 6 weeks, 2014

DIRECTOR, Saturday Night Lights, Southwark Playhouse Young Company, created over 12 weeks, 2013

DIRECTOR, On the Benefits of Being a Troll, Camden People’s Theatre, The Yard, 4 weeks, 2012-3

DIRECTOR, Git, The Yard, 3 weeks, 2012



ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, King Lear dir. Nancy Meckler Shakespeare’s Globe, 10 weeks, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Ode to Leeds dir. James Brining, Leeds Playhouse, 3 weeks, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Romeo and Juliet dir Amy Leach, Leeds Playhouse, 3 weeks, 2017

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Strictly Ballroom The Musical dir. Drew McOnie, Leeds Playhouse, 3 weeks, 2016

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Villette dir. Mark Rosenblatt, Leeds Playhouse, 3 weeks, 2016

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Sacred Flame dir. Matthew Dunster, English Touring Theatre, 12 weeks, 2012

ASSISTANT, Vieux Carre , dir. Elizabeth Le Compte, The Wooster Group, New York, 3 weeks, 2010

ASSISTANT, Hamlet, dir. Elizabeth Le Compte, The Wooster Group, New York, 3 weeks, 2010

ASSISTANT, Gatz, Elevator Repair Service, New York, 2 weeks, 2010

Training

National Theatre Studio Katie Mitchell Female Empowerment Course 2020
NESTA Democracy Pioneer 2020
Awarded British Council and Arts Council England Artist International Development Fund to work with Stanislavski Electrotheatre in Moscow and Gob Squad and Sebastian Nubling at Maxim Gorky in Berlin, 2018
Resident Trainee Director Leeds Playhouse 2016-17
BEAM Madrid Exchange, 2013
National Theatre Studio Directors Course, 2012
Graeae Directing Development, 2012
Wooster Group Rehearsal Assistant, New York, 2009-10
University of Manchester [BA (Hons) Drama with English Literature 2.1] 2005-2008