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
Location
Playhouse East, E8 4DG