Tamara Harvey

Tamara Harvey is a British-based theatre director.

Background
Tamara Harvey was born in Botswana and grew up in Massachusetts and Brighton. She became co-artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon with Daniel Evans in June 2023.

Career
Harvey was a directing intern at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Her first professional job in theatre was as assistant director at Shakespeare’s Globe under Mark Rylance.

Harvey was artistic director of Theatr Clwyd in Wales from 2015 to 2023. She was previously an associate director at the Bush Theatre in London.

On 21 September 2022, it was announced that Harvey with Daniel Evans with Tamara Harvey will become joint Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company succeeding Gregory Doran (as Emeritus Artistic Director) and Erica Whyman (Acting Artistic Director) from June 2023. Their first season was announced on 16 January 2024.

Harvey will direct Alfred Enoch in Pericles at the Swan Theatre in July 2024.