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Dear Annie, I Hate You

Dear Annie, I Hate You

Event Information

Venue
ZOO Playground, Playground 2
Date
25-25 Aug
Time
16:50
Event type
Theatre
Company name
Wild Geese Productions
Age Rating
Age 16+ (Guideline)
Event Warnings
Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, strong language/swearing, nudity/partial nudity and strobe/ flashing lights.

Dear Annie, I Hate You

Dying is scary, missing Spring Break is scarier. True story. Told mid-operation. Fun-loving college student, Sam, must decide what to do in life... and whether or not to have brain surgery. In a profound (yet highly medicated) meditation, she reflects on the events that lead there: namely, a redhaired bitch who came to life and ruined it. Overwhelmed and forced into decisions with potentially fatal consequences, Sam decides one thing: go out with a bang on a classic All-American Spring Break. However, her aneurysm has other plans. A true story... not necessarily a smart one.

Based on writer-performer Sam Ipema’s life, Dear Annie, I Hate You is the story of Sam and her brain aneurysm, Annie. They share the rational, irrational, nihilistic and liberating experiences of what it’s like to be told you’re going to die aged 20. 


Directed by award-winner James Meteyard (Electrolyte, WILDCARD Theatre - LET Award Winner 2018, Pleasance Newcomer 2018, Edinburgh Fringe Foundation Mental Health Award Winner 2018)


Sound Design by Olivier nominee Dan Balfour (Dear England).




Praise for the Pilot


Big Break Contest Semi-Finalist


The Red List '1 Hour Drama' Top 10 


"Fleabag with health issues" (Stage 32)


"Anyone who has experienced a monumental life-altering event knows this story" (Screencraft)


“The humour never attempts to shy away from or diminish the pain of Sam's ordeal; it's just a natural flow entangled in every absurd moment because sometimes (in fact, often) pain and illness have an inherently absurd quality to it…” (Diverse Voices)


"I feel it's a safe bet that more than a few of us have found ourselves in this situation: sitting on the concrete, trying to gather the threads of our day after everything's been blown apart." (Shore Script TV Contest)