PLAYWRIGHT’S PLAY NIGHT’s is back.

Once a month we are inviting audiences to a double bill of brand new work at different levels of readiness. Scripts will be in hand. Some plays might be 20 minutes of an idea, others will be full length. It’s not polished but it is all the fun.

We are inviting audiences to take a look and support some of the incredible new voices out there. There’s nothing better than live feedback, and this is giving exactly that.

Lineup and Schedule

Tuesday 3rd June 2025 7.00pm

7pm 

Misadventure by Jesse Bateson

'You are probably wondering, ‘who is that down there staring up at me’. You’ve probably been wondering that since the first time I ever stared upwards trying to find you and every time since. There’s anonymity in fractured timing, and my neck hurts.'

A boy, a girl, a skateboard, a tree. This shared, stolen time that sit's in grief's realm is all there is.

7.45pm

Untitled by Kurban Kassam

Rehmat: You’ve been a like a wire since we’ve met. Even a slice of lettuce will add an extra gram to my belly.  

Farida: Your sanity, your weight and how horrible your children are treating you. Those are the three topics which dominate your life!

Rehmat and Imran are entering the golden years, retirement, but life is far from happy. The boiler is on the brink, the feud with live-in sister Farida never seems to end and Rehmat is intent on dieting again. Untitled is an intergenerational story of a Southeast Asia family, living with secrets and lies brought about by the weight of its cultural baggage. It’s a play about living with uncertainty and doubt when beliefs feel ingrained and behaviours remain unchallenged.

Jesse Bateson

Jesse Bateson is a Creative Producer, Actor, Writer and Musician from Peckham. As Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Dropped Tea Theatre, she has curated and produced two sell-out productions in partnership with Theatre Peckham & Brixton House. Uniting local artists with local businesses, Dropped Tea is focussed on unearthing untold stories, centering the voices, memories and experiences of people with a longstanding connection to areas which sit amongst the backdrop of a changing urban landscape. Jesse also supports other artists as a producer, and has worked in collaboration with venues such as Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Docks & The National Trust. 

Jesse trained as an actor with The BRIT School, National Youth Theatre & Rose Bruford College and is represented by Curtis Brown. She has performed in various productions with The Young Vic, Southwark Playhouse, Half Moon, Brixton House, The Yard. Most recently, Jesse has worked with Tangled Feet to devise & tour the OFFIE nominated production ‘Belongings’, a piece which explores the lives of young people in the care system. Jesse also co-runs Morocco Bound Bookshop; a community arts venue and bookshop in Bermondsey.

Kurban Kassam

Kurban’s co-wrote The Hungry, a modern-day adaptation of Titus Andronicus. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released globally via Amazon Prime. Last year he was shortlisted for the BOLD playwriting award, the Channel 4 New Writing North Programme. He has also completed the Rifco’s Associates programme, and is currently under commission with the company to write a new play.  Previously, he was part of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme and came second in the Soho Theatre’s former Westminster Prize. He completed his MA in writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2022. Through the course he has completed a TV project which has now been optioned by a leading production company and a radio play which has been shortlisted for BBC Radio 4’s recent drama round, with award winning company Naked Productions. He is also developing an interactive feature with CtrlMovie.