←Recommendations of Baba Mikey

A powerful short monologue. It starts off sweet and humorous and then takes a powerful dramatic turn. This will have an audience on the edge of their seats with emotion and is a wonderful acting exercise for any actor. Exceptionally well done!

Ooomph. The powerful conclusion of Baba Mikey is like a sharp kick in the gut. A lovely portrait of paternal love grows darker and richer in this heart-rendingly brilliant monologue.

Plumridge manages to make you smile and laugh at this late-night encounter between a new father and his newborn - and then breaks your heart. A tear-jerker, really. It hits you, guts you, devastates you with its twist. A smart choice for any festival on parenthood.

Plumridge is a sneaky bloke. He lets his actor paint an overwhelmingly, almost impossibly, beautiful portrait of paternal love too good to be true before yanking off the baby blanket and giving Baba Mikey the first taste of chilly adult disappointment.

When you're a father, you have to be prepared for anything. You have life lessons to give your Baba. You know what Baba's mama's up to when she gets up to take care of the tyke. You have to be prepared for all the things you can't possibly be prepared for.

Baba Mikey's father is doing his best to cover every base he can. Plumridge allows him to pass on a lifetime's worth of necessary wisdom and fatherly love, as well as a full life story. It's a beautiful legacy told with a sure narrative hand.

Have tissues handy.

Chris! You mean person! In this piece Chris has exposed raw emotion in bucket loads and I could not help but shed tears for this poor father and his sleeping son, who has no idea what is going on. This would be such a powerful piece for an audition or for an actor looking for a beautifully moving and devastatingly tragic piece. It won't fail to move an audience!

What starts as a sweet moment of vulnerability and love a new father has for their newborn child, takes a devastating turn. But despite the turn, the love is unwavering. This will be a great moment for an actor to show their soft side!