Recommended by Paul Donnelly

A poignant consideration of what truly makes an artist an artist. There is poignancy, too, in Melody's gradually revealed dementia and Marco's deep compassion. This is an engrossing piece with several surprising and moving turns. I would love to see it staged.

A poignant consideration of what truly makes an artist an artist. There is poignancy, too, in Melody's gradually revealed dementia and Marco's deep compassion. This is an engrossing piece with several surprising and moving turns. I would love to see it staged.

A poignant consideration of what truly makes an artist an artist. There is poignancy, too, in Melody's gradually revealed dementia and Marco's deep compassion. This is an engrossing piece with several surprising and moving turns. I would love to see it staged.

So much betrayal revealed so economically and wittily! There's so much to unpack in this piece that's it's almost impossible to believe that it could be accomplished in a single page. And it's such fun.

This is a lovely tribute to the necessity for and efficacy of caring teachers. Would that every deserving child could be rescued like Bryant.

This is a simple seeming memory play with so much tenderness and regret under the surface. It's honest and moving. As fine a piece of work as Pete's table.

Exquisitely crafted and profoundly depressing, Best Available is filled with moments in which I found myself simultaneously laughing and cringing. It offers a harrowing yet supremely engaging tour of the failure to make any meaningful changes in the way a theatre is managed. Whether entertaining or horrifying, every word rings true.

A poignant and harrowing portrait of the cost of passing. Not just the cultural and ethical losses encountered by the one passing, but the loss to the community that is abandoned and betrayed. So much is sacrificed to attain the privilege that comes with passing. Ana Theresa and Gabriel's bond is tenderly rendered and its final coming asunder is heartbreaking.

A chilling portrait of a world in which all differences from the "norm" are cause for eradication. The juxtaposition of the artistry of the masks and the heinous use to which they are put is quite gripping. The self-absorption of the mask maker offers an effective critique of collaborators in a horrific system of oppression. There is so much that is disturbing presented effectively in this harrowing narrative.

The view of Santorini isn't the only thing that's breathtaking about this comic gem of a play. To say more would be to give too much away as the delight is in the surprises. One surprise topping another to the delicious conclusion. This would be such fun in production!