Match Book & Seaburn

Rob and Sarah are typical single 20-somethings, looking for someone to build a life with. Except, on their first date, three envelopes on the table in front of them contain everything that will happen over the course of their relationship. In just 15 minutes, Peter Rose’s Match Book asks: if you knew everything a relationship would throw at you – from babies to illness to farting in bed – would you take the leap?

Match Book will be followed by a script-in-hand reading of Seaburn by Holly Robinson: By the sea, a group of women run a summer camp for girls. Whilst the girls sleep, the women gather, laugh, drink and worry. Seaburn is a lyrical exploration of girlhood, its delights and dangers, through the eyes of those who have come before.

Contains themes on sexual violence.

Peter Rose bio

Peter Rose is a playwright from London. His plays include Snatch (Soho Theatre, London; Soho Rep, New York) and Bloody Ugly (White Bear Theatre, London). He has also had short work performed by Broken Silence at Theatre503, The Proforca Theatre Company and Theatro Mpelios, Athens. Screenplays include Hard Cases for Silver Bullet Productions. Training includes an MA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Atri Banerjee bio

Atri Banerjee is the Artistic Lead at the Gate Theatre. His theatre directing credits include Look Back in Anger (Almeida Theatre), Julius Caesar (RSC) and The Glass Menagerie (Royal Exchange Theatre/UK tour) among many others. In 2019, the director and translator won The Stage Debut Award and was nominated for the UK Theatre Award for Best Director for his production of Hobson’s Choice at the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Holly Robinson bio

Theatre includes: The Secret Garden (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Soft Animals (Soho Theatre).
Fellowships include: Royal Court Attachment (2025/5); Writing the Bigger Picture (Hampstead, 2021); Soho Six (2020/21); Hampstead Theatre Inspire (2019); Soho Writers’ Lab (2018). Holly is working on a number of original ideas for TV and a film adaptation of Soft Animals.

Anna Himali Howard bio

As director: The Secret Garden (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Graceland (Royal Court); Orpheus (Opera North); Kabul Goes Pop (Brixton House); I Stand For What I Stand On (Strike a Light & GYCA); Inside (Orange Tree); I Wanna Be Yours (Bush & UK tour); A Small Place, Albatross (Gate); Be Next Young Company (Birmingham Rep & European Theatre Festival), Yours Sincerely (Birmingham Rep & Vaults Festival).
As Assistant/Associate Director: Small Island (National Theatre); Fleabag (International tour); Othello (Sam Wanamaker); Paines Plough’s Roundabout Season (Roundabout).
As theatre-maker: Jane Anger (Yard Live Drafts); mahabharat/a (Camden People’s); The Beanfield (Breach, Edinburgh Fringe, New Diorama & UK tour).