"Tessa Hart as Rey — the leader. Hart takes on the role as if she’s been there before. There’s no trouble believing the fire that burns inside her character..." - Cult Critic Magazine
★★★★★ "Director Tessa Hart maneuvers the space and content matter elegantly and cleverly" - 5 stars, Remotegoat on The Black Eye Club (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, November 2017) "Director Tessa Hart maintains the tension and the comedy, keeping it both tight and light." - Green/Amber Light [4*] Traffic Light Theatre on The Black Eye Club (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, November 2017) "Tessa Hart’s direction is quick and uncontrived and the choreography is fab, vital to make this story work on a very small stage." - The View from the Circle on The Black Eye Club (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, November 2017) |
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★★★★ "The measured pace of the show, directed by Tessa Hart, helps to give the drama full weight and allows the comedy to be quite mellow." 4 stars, LPT Magazine on The Black Eye Club (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, November 2017) "Well-directed by Tessa Hart, the play is at its best during its brilliantly vivid moments of dark situation comedy." - Theatre Box on The Black Eye Club (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, November 2017) |
★★★★★ "Tessa Hart has created a fluid, accessible and visually powerful production" - 5 stars, RemoteGoat on dirty butterfly (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, April/May 2017) ★★★★½ "These terrific performances could not have been possible without Tessa Hart’s sharp direction (...) Tessa clearly understands the importance of discipline and precise blocking when comes to directing surreal theatre." - 4.5 stars, Arthur's Seat on dirty butterfly (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, April/May 2017) "The intimate Bread and Roses Theatre is perfect for such challenging in-yer-face theatre where the intensity is palpable. (...) For Tessa Hart’s unflinching, in-the-round production the audience become almost like voyeurs in the unfolding disturbing drama" - The Stage on on dirty butterfly (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, April/May 2017) |
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★★★★ "director Tessa Hart has certainly got under this drama's skin, and her compelling vision draws-out formidable, highly watchable performances from a fine cast." - ActDrop on dirty butterfly (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, April/May 2017) ★★★★ "Hart’s direction doesn’t let the tension dissipate for a moment" - Breaking the Fourth Wall on dirty butterfly (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, April/May 2017) |
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★★★★★ "Hart and Pryle carry the play with ease and make it an absolute joy to watch (...) Some of my favourite moments were Mary’s monologues performed between the audience. They contrast the naturalism of the bathroom scenes as Hart talks directly and fearlessly to the audience whilst acting some moments out, almost like a storyteller." - 5 stars, RemoteGoat on Low Level Panic (Actress, Bread & Roses Theatre, April 2016) ★★★★ "However Mary's (Tessa Hart) stance hasn't come out of nowhere and one of the most important things that this production succeeds in is the flashback scene that depicts the origins of her trauma. (...) As co-founders of Bread & Roses Theatre and Company... it is obvious the show's message means a lot to Pryle and Hart, and their natural rapport and shorthand really helps to sell the deep friendship of Jo and Mary, despite being very different from each other." - 4 stars, FemaleArts on Low Level Panic (Actress, Bread & Roses Theatre, April 2016) |
★★★★★ "The first half of the evening concluded with Bottom Girl by Tessa Hart and directed by Craig Sanders – a response to Caryl Churchill's Top Girls. Using rhyme and repetition, the three characters compare themselves to the reality of women in the 21st century... During the interval, some of the people near me openly stated that Bottom Girl was their favourite play of the evening up to that point." - 5 stars FemaleArts on Little Pieces of Gold: The Class Ceiling (Playwright, Southwark Playhouse/The Bread & Roses Theatre, March/April 2016) |
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★★★★★"Hart has put together an amazing show" - 5 stars, Remotegoat on The Princess Monologues (Director/Producer/Co-Writer, Small London Tour, Nov 2015 to Feb 2016) ★★★★ "exploring London’s fantastic fringe theatre scene is a rewarding experience, and at a fraction of cost of the big well-known productions." - 4 stars, LondonTheatre1 on The Princess Monologues (Director/Producer/Co-Writer, Small London Tour, Nov 2015 to Feb 2016) "The writers and the director (Hart) should be commended for creating unique worlds" - London Pub Theatres on The Princess Monologues (Director/Producer/Co-Writer, Small London Tour, Nov 2015 to Feb 2016) |
★★★★"‘Hail Your Majesty’ by Tessa Hart is heartbreakingly sad as it explores the loss of a modern Princess' voice - a powerful and poignant piece" - 4 stars, FemaleArts on The Princess Monologues (Director/Producer/Co-Writer, Small London Tour, Nov 2015 to Feb 2016) "Director Tessa Hart has seized on the multiple nuances ‘princess’ holds and commissioned a brilliant, blisteringly funny, sometime sad, twisty, twisted, and very prescient collection of monologues." - Angela Clarke on The Princess Monologues (Director/Producer/Co-Writer, Small London Tour, Nov 2015 to Feb 2016) |
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★★★★★"I admire the decision Hart made to take on this play with a new approach and aim for the characters (...) it was one of the best plays I have attended in London." - 5 stars, Remotegoat on Miss Julie (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, May 2015) ★★★★★ "Hart’s Miss Julie is a lesson in economic storytelling. Focusing on Christine (Grace Dunne), John (Adam Alexander) and Miss Julie (Rebecca Pryle) this menage a trois is a feast for the eyes." - 5 stars, FemaleArts on Miss Julie (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, May 2015) "led by Artistic Director Tessa Hart, this kind of venue proves what can be accomplished in the city’s smaller performance spaces, and in defiance of contested arts funding." - 17Percent on Miss Julie (Director/Artistic Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, May 2015) "The Bread and Roses stages the claustrophobic three-hander as bare bones theatre — the hum of the pub downstairs filling in as the background ball. Director Tessa Hart uses The Beatles’ Blackbird as a repeated motif, adding brooding atmosphere." – Londonist on Miss Julie (Director, The Bread & Roses Theatre, May 2015) |
'My favourite of the pieces though was Life Sentence by Siân Rowland, a considered monologue sensitively directed by Tessa Hart' - Ought to be Clowns (Director, Southwark Playhouse, October 2015) |
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★★★★ ” ...director Tessa Hart successfully invests a lot of time in the finer detail. (...) Power's script is constructed well, but Hart reinforces it with plenty of little but carefully considered touches.” - 4 stars, Views From the Gods on Darker the Night (Director, Hen & Chickens Theatre, August 2014) |
★★★★ "The superstitiously secular, domestic world of Claire Booker’s The Devil and Stepashka manages to create a believable male Antigone in what ends up to be very literally one hell of a double-bind."Particularly remarkable [was] Tessa Hart, who portrayed both the haunting presence of the murdered Stepashka as well as her living sister Dasha, and achieved to create entirely different characters and dynamics for both roles." - 4 stars, Exeunt Magazine on The Devil & Stepashka (Actress, The Space/ Ye Olde Rose & Crown, June/July 2014) ★★★★ ”The world is full of women with no voice of their own or no one to speak on their behalf. It is good that Goblin Baby Theatre in its own way highlights their plight in an entertaining, but provoking fashion.” - 4 stars, Female Arts on The Devil & Stepashka (Producer/Artistic Director, The Space, June 2014) ★★★★ "Particularly remarkable [was] Tessa Hart, who portrayed both the haunting presence of the murdered Stepashka as well as her living sister Dasha, and achieved to create entirely different characters and dynamics for both roles." - 4 stars, Remotegoat on The Devil & Stepashka (Actress, The Space/ Ye Olde Rose & Crown, June/July 2014) |
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★★★★ “Goblin Baby Theatre Co. seems to have a knack for finding ways to address at times challenging or unusual topics through theatre.” - 4 stars, Remotegoat on RETOLD (Producer/Artistic Director, Hen & Chickens, January 2014) |
“ ‘aren’t we a bit past that whole vagina talking thing?’ Well, this production by Tessa Hart proved that we well andtruly are not.” - Onomatopoeia on The Vagina Monologues (Producer/Director, Rose Lipman Theatre, March 2013) |
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"Needless to say, we think this is an important project as it opens up honest discussions about sexual abuse and violence, lets people tell their stories, and brings attention to a subject that is still rife with taboo." - SheraMag on the UNHEARD Festival (Producer, The Bread & Roses Theatre, February 2015) "Although Unheard is made up of different plays performed by different actors, there is real thematic cohesion. It feels as though those involved have worked closely together, and the overall effect is powerful. (...) Unheard undoubtedly succeeds in igniting discussions that should be had about stories that shouldn't be silenced."- A Younger Theatre on the UNHEARD Festival (Producer, The Space, June 2013) |