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Martin Heavisides

Recommended by Martin Heavisides

  • TWO MEN SHARE A BENCH WITH A NICE LADY (a gentle short comedy) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
    24 Apr. 2023
    “ A woman out for a walk shares a bench with two men, brothers with variations on the same name who complete each others' sentences but subtly compete for her attention. The threeway date (Chinese? Thai?) promised at the end sounds like a setup for the next play in a cycle, which I'd be curious to read. ”
  • Coming In by Christopher Plumridge
    29 Jul. 2022
    “ What happens when a son brings a 'partner' with an ambiguous name (could be male or female) home to tea with mum and dad? Not precisely what you'd be expecting. Nice turn on generations, gender expectations and the awkwardness of bringing someone to meet the folks. ”
  • Stagefright by Larry Rinkel
    29 Jul. 2022
    “ All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Who is the audience then? Well in this case, five of them are the actors, who can't quite bring themselves to--but the lines they're speaking, who's responsible for those? Who's scoping their psychic reactions and holding them firm in place in their seats when by ordinary theatre protocol they should be onstage? I shudder to think where the prompter's situated in case one of them forgets a line. Fascinating bit of meta-theatre. ”
  • Thunderbolts by Debra A. Cole
    27 Mar. 2022
    “ Don't know if this has been submitted to Gi60, but it would be worth a try. A romance distilled (by indirection) into a single brief scene. ”
  • The Meeting by Rachel Feeny-Williams
    12 Nov. 2021
    “ I really should have said something about this earlier. It's a play I thoroughly enjoyed when it was performed by Rachel's Zoom group some time ago, a very funny author's meltdown and anxiety dream about, heaven forbid! the chance of a major production. In which everything's bound to be changed! Against your will! I'm still thinking about borrowing one of the lines as the title for a play of my own, with due attribution of course. ”
  • Believe Me by Rachel Feeny-Williams
    3 Sep. 2021
    “ Who do you believe? A Police Inspector, not unsympathetic, who's aware of a great deal of the backstory, or the brother who defended you with his life from an abusive father? What if other lives than yours are at risk? A solid and compact thriller. ”
  • Memory by Rachel Feeny-Williams
    11 Jul. 2021
    “ A taut, condensed police procedural which a number of us heard live at a Zoom reading recently, and enjoyed enough to recommend it be expanded. The ins and outs of dealing with police hierarchy play against the urgency of a case involving a serial killer who may be tracked by the cryptic clues of a woman apparently with the brain of a damaged child. ”
  • Good Boy? by Rachel Feeny-Williams
    17 Jun. 2021
    “ Twinkle, a Machiavelli among dogs, enters into a battle of wills with Greg, Jenny's new love interest. Twinkle has a history of disliking Jenny's choices of gentleman companion (there is mention of a Jeremy from earlier)--it's plain he'd prefer a celibate mistress whose attention is focused on him, and full run of the house he considers his. The dislike is mutual; Greg is hoping to see Jenny give up Twinkle for him. Where will it end. Good play, yes, yes you are. ”
  • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    28 Apr. 2021
    “ Bursting with energy, wit and theatrical imagination and available to see on Zoom through Quarantine players, ultimately somewhat harrowing, this is a play well worth reading and seeing--someday, one hopes, live in a theatre. ”
  • The Washington Squares: A political game show parody (Demo video available ) Great Closing Parody Song by AJ Campbell
    14 Nov. 2020
    “ This play is up on Zoom in a reading by the Quarantine Players, and can be accessed either on its Facebook page or, I think, YouTube. It's evidently a Moveable Feast, in that the topical references can be and presumably will be updated in future productions. The spine of the production, a political cabaret played out as a game of Hollywood Squares with figures in the political landscape taking the place of Hollywood celebrities, can be fleshed out with updated references on a regular basis, either on Zoom or in theatres if that ever becomes a possibility again. ”

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