Recommended by Paul Smith

This is an absolute corker. What Morey Norkin does is take a very well known nursery rhyme and gives it some context. It is very clever, very funny and hugely well observed. I do hope he looks at other well known verse in the same way - this is a ripe pasture to harvest and I don't think anyone could do it better. Wonderful stuff!

A cleverly observed piece of perfectionism and how it can hold someone to ransom. How we believe the results of some of the things we do, offer others a window on our state of mind. I am not good at parking cars, but I know people like Tom, who cannot deal with anything other than exactitudes. Smart writing from Cora Frank.

A broad smile came over my face as I started reading this super little monologue and it stayed there till well after I had finished Question 29. Smartly written, wittily constructed and wonderfully cringy - a crackling piece for any actor; wonder if Cora Frank is going to tackle the other 35 questions!

This had be laughing throughout. I have been there - I know it! A wonderfully well observed, look at marriage and all that it brings with it. Fun, funny and absolutely believable. Sam Wallin has conjured up a splendid diversion which will make you smile, then laugh and maybe cringe a little too. A gem!

Packed with wry humour this monologue illustrates succinctly and beautifully a real issue that theatres face; the recurrent production. Paul Donnelly has his finger firmly on the button and offers an actor a wonderful few minutes of 'through gritted-teeth' theatre.

This tender story of sibling love suddenly becomes so very, very sad indeed. Scott Cantrell's short scenario illustrates how precious love and our loved ones are. A blink of an eye and things change forever. Heartbreaking and beautiful by turn, this drama will stay with you for a long time.

This is a really warm piece of theatre from Kim E Ruyle who draws his characters so eloquently. As writers, we always look for inspiration from anywhere we can possible find it and sometimes it is there in front of us! Along with some really telling thoughts on the nature of playwriting and the audience we put our work in front of, this is a really fun piece - could definitely have legs as an expanded piece! Great stuff.

In these short minutes, Scott Sickles creates an enormously rich story; of cultures, of family, of life and love and of grief and loss. A very moving, poignant and sad work, but written with knowledge, insight and care.

Bleak though this story it is, it is, perhaps, very topical in some ways. What Jared Reynolds creates in just a few minutes is a sense of doom, of desperation and the desire of parents to do all they can to help their child. It is utterly real. Is there a sign of hope in there somewhere? Maybe, Maybe not. But as writing goes, this more than achieves the aim - to leave people with impactful drama, whatever the outcome.

Oh this is a clever piece of writing. Morey Norkin, takes the story of creation and re-creates it and, at the same time, raises questions about man's treatment of the planet, faith, religion and the meaning of life - all in ten minutes. At a time of multiple crises on Earth, this play takes on many levels of interest. Fun, funny, worrying and full of foreboding. An audience will be left thinking - that is for certain!