Recommended by Paul Smith

Oh this is fun. A witty, clever and rather thought-provoking piece on the use of names and the definition of self. Austin Hendricks has crafted a lucid piece on the semantics of identity with a short monologue which is engaging and splendidly satisfying. A gem!

It's always a pleasure to read something so original that it really makes you sit up and take notice. 'In Loving Memory' is such a piece in which Kevin Douglas leads us along a path which, at first, appears to be cute and slightly comic, but which leads to high emotion and deeper, darker thoughts. It's very clever and startling. This is a smart and innovative piece of writing.

What a splendidly satisfying little piece of surreal drama featuring two versions of the surrealist artist Magritte. A witty and wry look at what defines an artist and how criticism is interpreted. A sharp and clever two-hander. Excellent!

Vivian Lermond has crafted a beautifully evocative glimpse of a man looking back at his early dreams through to his current life. Remembrances of one person whose influence over him he will never forget; create another layer within the story.
It may be short, but it is packed with character, atmosphere and life. A treasure.

A quietly amusing monologue veers off into the suddenly dramatic and moving. This wonderful short monologue for an older actor, shows the tenderness and undoubted steeliness of an older woman who has found herself in a position not of her own making - how many others have faced this experience since the start of 2020? Sadly quite a few probably. A thoughtful and well written treasure of a script.

Short and sweet and moving. Timothy R King's CREATION offers a tiny glimpse of one man's view of his relationship; such fragments of an unknown life sometimes make you yearn to find out more and to see the creativity of Sal as he deals with his grief through the other love of his life.

It's always a treat when you read a piece of such brevity but which tells so many stories. In BED, David Hansen, is able to paint a story of a relationship and the activities thereof, with a dry humour and an eye for the mundane and be throughly entertaining in a matter of a couple of minutes. This is one of those little gems which I just love and which I highly recommend.

Intriguing, unsettling and....true? Maybe? What Roy van Hooydonk achieves is to make us think about the reasons for and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. No sensationalism, just questions and, well, some answers. Within 5 minutes the writer sets us on edge and leaves us hanging! Excellent short play.

Zoom has opened up new pathways for so many people and so it is for this little gem of a two-hander which gives us a new perspective on the benefits (and some of the downfalls) of this channel of communication. If you are looking for a short, sharp and very funny play for Zoom - which doesn't mention any pandemic - then I cannot recommend this highly enough.

What a delight! A wonderfully wry look at marriage, ambition and real life condensed into a lovely story which makes the smile broaden on the face and the voice chuckle with amusement. Simple to stage and beautifully drawn older characters for actors to get their teeth into. Still smiling!!