Tessa
Coates

Tessa is a writer, performer, journalist, comedian and one third of critically acclaimed sketch group Massive Dad.

Her debut solo show Primates sold out the entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and ran at the Soho Theatre to more sell out audiences. She also performed her show in LA at the Lyric Theatre and Improv Lab following which there was a competitive situation to develop her first comedy series for TV in the US. The project landed at ABC Studios with Greg Daniels (The Office) and Howard Klein (3 Arts) attached to exec produce alongside her. Tessa also has a project which she is currently developing with Miramax.

As a performer, recent credits include Birds of a Feather, Damned, Newsjack, Comic Relief, @elevenish and numerous sketches for BBC Three.

She hosts a number of successful podcasts including hugely popular Nobody Panic, as well as making Will You Read to Me, and Badass Women from History.

Tessa’s comedy special Resting Witch Face aired on Radio 4 in Autumn 2021 and she has just written her debut book Nobody Panic based on the podcast which she co-hosts with Stevie Martin, published by Hodder Studios.