PLAYWRIGHT’S PLAY NIGHT No.4

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 5th August 2025 7.00pm

7pm 

The Allotment by Imogen Bole

Beatrix: 'I just feel like the world’s a bit too big and my trousers a bit too small.'

Two women, Beatrix (60s) and Roma (30s), reunite at their adjacent garden plots under confusing circumstances: Beatrix is surprised to see Roma alive; Roma is wholly apathetic about life. Amid the sowing of parsnips, leeks and even chickpeas, they drift through absurd reflections on life, always avoiding direct interrogation, but starting to dig at the surface of something long buried. 

7.45pm

://STRUGGLING TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION. PLEASE REFRESH:// by Marnie Russell

Do you want a hug? *big hug*

Reformed incel Patrick spends his evenings lecturing a devout online following on his theories surrounding women, masculinity, sex, and relationships. Meanwhile, burgeoning relationships between himself and two women – one real, one not – start to test his new-found persona.

Imogen Bole

I started as a cryptic crossword setter and now I write plays. Having recently finished working on my feature-length rom-com, which is due for release in the US, I’ve realised I never want to write rom-coms. But being one of the 9 writers chosen to be part of the Hampstead Theatre's first writers room, co-writing a full-length play with award-winning playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya, I know I definitely want to write plays. Thankfully, I'm currently part of a writers group at the Soho Theatre for emerging playwrights doing exactly that.

Marnie Russell

Marnie is a Scottish writer and dramaturg based in London. Her work has been presented with Periphery Theatre, Rolled Up Productions in partnership with StrangeTown Theatre, and Scottish Youth Theatre. She has also read scripts for Mrs C’s Collective and London Playwrights. In 2023, she completed her MA in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance with distinction from Goldsmiths and the Script Editing Today qualification from NFTS. Most recently, she was the dramaturg for Act III by Formed View, which was programmed as part of the Elixir Festival at Sadler’s Wells. Marnie primarily writes for the stage and is currently developing a theatrical adaptation of Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House. Alongside her creative work, she works in political campaigning.