Recommended by Paul Smith

I have long admired Lee Lawing's wonderful imagination and this short sci-fi piece is no exception. In it's utter simplicity it has a huge sense of fun and is hilarious and maybe just has an innocent dig at gay symbolism into the bargain - but in a gentle and comic way. Wonderful.

As a piece of theatre about faith, Baptismal covers nearly all bases. Tom Erb has crafted a charming piece of work which looks at the pros and cons and a number of religions as a young man confesses what he sees as sins to a priest. By turn it is funny, wry, interesting and pertinent; we are all so full of questions about faith, whether we have one or no and through the confessional device the writer offers some thoughts to the Everyman who seeks enlightenment.

Oh this is brilliant - just up my street - a wonderful play on words short comedy which is huge fun - what is clever, is that it just goes on long enough, not outstaying its welcome. A little treat!

Cole Hunter Dzubak offers up an absolute winner of a monologue here - damn, wish I had written it!!! A simple question creates a wonderful look at something you cannot (and maybe shouldn't) plan and here the writer uses historical examples and wit to tell a story which has great depth - and I bet it will get you thinking about your own last words!! Fantastic!

Christine Foster creates the most wonderful scenario in ten minutes with a story which could be played over two hours on stage on many years in real life. The build up, the climax and the conclusion are perfectly balanced to arrive at a play which is both comic and touching and which is packaged with precision and care. A cracking piece.

I have yet to discover the secret behind writing an effective piece of writing lasting just a minute or so; I need to take a lesson from Christopher Plumbridge in this many layered and three dimensional piece. It is exquisite in what is said and what is left to the imagination, though I yearn to know more about this character and the pull that draws him back to where he came from... beautiful, mysterious with an aching romantic undertone.

Even the thought of isolation lasting 6,745 days makes me feel claustrophobic; the description of what Gerald has missed over the years is invigorating and inspiring and then Neil Radtke pulls the rabbit out of the hat with a most wonderful sting in the tail. Cracking stuff.

Heavens above - the most effective 1 minute play I have ever come across. Neil Ratke slaps you across the face and thumps you in the stomach almost at the same time. A huge achievement,

The whole idea of Axe Throwing and Beer just makes me laugh immediately and with his innate talent to write of the unusual, Lee Lawing has built a thoroughly engaging play about competitiveness and relationships. Staging the play could be a great challenge - especially with the audience being the target! Huge fun.

To read a Morey Norkin play is to be entertained by the unconventional, the inventive and the hugely entertaining. The scenario is something which may not be too far in the future; but the innate relationship which builds between the passenger and attendant may not be ready for a few years - but it is so well realised that you shouldn't be too sure!!!! Wonderful!