Samples || at PLAYHOUSE EAST (FRINGE FEB)

Showing as a part of Feb Fringe at Playhouse East. Platforming New Work throughout February 2026.

After 2 sell out shows at the Bush Theatre BackRoom is back with Samples II at Playhouse East

From Wednesday 18th - Friday 20th February, BackRoom joins Playhouse’s February Fringe with 3 nights of entirely new writing featuring some of London’s most exciting talent

In a unique format, as soon as the actors walk off stage, the writer walks on, ready to answer for their writing to the audience, rife with questions, invigorated by what they’ve just seen.

WEDNESDAY 18th

Disappearance on Brontë Close

Written by Omar Khan

Annie - Sophie Jones

Hasan - Amir Wilson

Jules - Albert Magashi

River - Omar Khan

The Fridge

Written by Nicola Frew

Narrator - Nicola Frew

Bloodsport

Written by Isaac Petgrave

Peter - TBC

Francis - Will Fletcher

Lucy - Holly Michaels

McKinley - Tullio Campanale

The Confessions of a Mediocrely Bad Woman

Written by Phoebe Ivinson

Mary - Lily af Sandeberg

THURSDAY 19th

Cheat

Written by Lily af Sandeberg

Alan - Edwin Nwachukwu Jr.

Beth - Alice McCartney

Charlie - Louis Cavalier

Delilah - Lily af Sandeberg

Closure

Written by Kelsey Egan

Elle - Robyn Rainsford

Henry - TBC

Conor - TB

Me, Myself and AI

Written by Louis Cavalier

Eliza - Phoebe Gunson

Ruben - Louis Cavalier

ChatGPT - Dario Coates

Fred - TBC

Sugar

Written by Rory Lennox

Director Grace Gallop

Woman 1 - Olivia Sinclair

Woman 2 - LJ Williams

Man 1 - Joseph K Conteh

Man 2 - Rory Lennox

FRIDAY 20th

The Last of the Watermelon Kid

Written by Robert Okodoto

River - Robert Akodoto

Caleb - Kiran Krishnakumar

August - Isabel Caswell

Alice - Kathryn Lincoln

Paula and Ali

Written by Omar Khan

Paula - Esme Allen

Paula - Freya Purdie

Paula - Shakira Newton

Paula - Tilly LaBelle

Paula - Bea Hemsley

Ali - Tulli Campanale

Ali - Albert Magashi

Ali - Shaq Taylor

Ali - Reda Elazouar

Ali - Azan Ahmed