Francesca Hess
Writer and Actor
Francesca is a writer and actor from Nottingham. After training as an actor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, she was selected as the Citizens Theatre Graduate Actor of 2022. She has since worked with Citizens Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Ten Feet Tall, Ayr Gaiety and a Play, a Pie & a Pint.
She is an alumnus of the Royal Court Writers Group and is part of the Fifth Word Playwrighting Cohort 2025. Her first play, that face should form another, is being developed with support from Nottingham Playhouse and was nominated for the David MacLennan Award, Bold Playwrights Award & Theatre503 International Playwrighting Award 2025.
Francesca is also the co-producer of I’ll Scratch Yours, an event showcasing new writing and performance in Glasgow.