
DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU
“You’re one of the lucky ones. Most people don’t catch an Annie until it’s too late”
At 20, Sam's life is all forward motion - until the arrival of an unexpected companion changes everything. What begins as a normal day unravels into something stranger, darker and impossible to ignore. Years later, Sam reconstructs the story: rewiring memories, retracing her past, and trying to find the place where everything fell apart. But Annie, her unwelcome counterpart, has another plan in mind.
Based on Sam Ipema's real-life diagnosis at 20, Dear Annie, I Hate You is a darkly funny, sharply honest exploration of memory, survival and the slow, imperfect return to oneself.
Dear Annie, I Hate You debuted at ZOO Playground 2 at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024.
In 2025, the show was upscaled and transferred to Riverside Studios (7 May - 1 June) and Pleasance Two, Pleasance Courtyard (30 July - 25 August).
The Riverside Studios production was supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.


"MASTERLY"
THE STAGE
"A TRULY MAGNIFICENT TRIUMPH
OF THEATRE"
"SLICK AND POIGNANT,
DYNAMIC AND FUNNY"
THE SCOTSMAN
THEATRE & TONIC
"BOLD AND ORIGINAL"
A YOUNGISH PERSPECTIVE
"GENUINELY BEAUTIFUL"
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
TRULY UNIQUE
ALL THAT DAZZLES
"DON'T MISS IT"
ADVENTURES IN THEATRELAND
"ONE OF THE BEST THINGS
I'VE EVER SEEN"
SINNERS REVIEW
CAST
Samantha Ipema
'Sam'
Eleanor House
'Annie'
CREATIVES
Samantha Ipema
Writer & Creator
James Meteyard
Director & Original Dramaturg
Hannah Sands
Associate Director
Alice Wordsworth
Development Dramaturg
Hugo Dodsworth
Lighting & Set Designer
Daniel Balfour
Sound Designer
Douglas Coghlan
Co-AV Designer
Dan Light
Co-AV Designer
Hazel McIntosh
Costume Designer
Jade Hackett
Movement Director
Robin Hellier
Fight & Intimacy Director
Bethan Clark
Associate Fight & Intimacy Director
Sarah Chamberlain of Wild Geese Productions
Lead Producer
Hannah Farley-Hills of HFH
Productions
Associate Producer




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