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Paul Smith

Recommended by Paul Smith

  • The Night Before by Adam Richter
    7 Aug. 2023
    “ A really effective little snapshot of stress levels rising and boiling over in anticipation of stepping into the unknown - and using a wedding as the scenario works a treat - many a play has been written about wedding nerves and commitment and this manages to encapsulate matters in just a couple of minutes! ”
  • The Seance by Lou Jones
    7 Aug. 2023
    “ This incredibly atmospheric verse play allows the audience to interpret the backstory in any manner they wish - it allows the mind to reach into its deepest imagination. Lou Jones presents a clear and potent scenario and then tempts the viewer/reader to spin the yarn as they wish. Clever, smart and fascinating! ”
  • Mykonos by Jessica Feder-Birnbaum
    2 Aug. 2023
    “ You can almost smell the Ouzo in this smart little piece from Jessica Feder-Birnbaum; though billed as a comedy it throws up all manner of issues and it could well have taken a rather more sinister turn, but the writer judges it well and we are offered an interesting comparison between cultures and sexes - and, maybe a lesson about the effects of alcohol! ”
  • Clockwork by Brenton Kniess
    2 Aug. 2023
    “ This short play has so much in it that it is almost begging to be longer; what Brenton Kneiss achieves in a few minutes is to offer well drawn characters and a plot with great tension and mystery. Tension is created from the off and grows throughout - the audience is left with a dozen or more questions - cracking stuff! ”
  • Sleeping with Cicadas: A Fantasia on Bigfoot by Melissa Milich
    19 Jun. 2023
    “ This is hilarious! In the right place at the right time, but meeting the wrong people who get in the way of a great discovery - a play of bad luck. The characterisation is wonderfully broad which brings out the humour and what the audience sees. but the central character does not is pure farce. A fabuously wacky and original play from Melissa Milich which is sure to get an audience in stitches!!!! Love it! ”
  • Field Trip by Daniel Prillaman
    19 Jun. 2023
    “ Daniel Prillaman has a brilliant imagination - end of! This wonderful little piece fulfils everything you want in a play from the conventional to the bizarre and beyond. Imagination can only go so far and then it is up to the writing to take it further - this much - and plenty more - is achieved here. Great comedy comes from penguins and pandas - this much is true and in Daniel Prillaman they find their conduit onto the stage. Fantastic! ”
  • Persuasion by Teresa Stirling Forsyth
    19 Jun. 2023
    “ Of all Jane Austen's works, Persuasion has always been my favourite and in this well-crafted, lucid adaptation Teresa Stirling Forsyth does an excellent job of creating the story for the stage. With care it is accessible to companies with 10 or 12 actors and offers all the elegance and wit of Austen. As adaptations go, this is really up there and written with care and love. ”
  • Subterfuge by Lee R. Lawing
    19 Jun. 2023
    “ Wow, what an extraordinary play about an extraordinary event which I had no knowledge of. Even though Lee Lawing's play enters the world of comedy and farce, that it is factually based is just amazing. Lee has created a wonderfully written off-the-wall piece of theatre which illustrates so well, this writer's aptitude for the bizarre and the wacky - I want to know more about this event now - cracking stuff! ”
  • Today I will go to him. by Christopher Plumridge
    19 Jun. 2023
    “ Having read a number of his works, it has become evident that Christopher Plumridge writes roles for women so very well. Here there is a sense of foreboding and darkness, but it is the descriptive power of the words that are so impressive. A powerful piece of writing which would offer an actor a glorious lip-smacking opportunity. ”
  • Copycat by Bruce Karp
    19 Jun. 2023
    “ A complete cracker of a play. Wonderful premise. Super dialogue. Loads of laughs. This could be the outline for a feature film! Bruce Karp is one fabulous writer and when you come up with such a fantastic idea, you already have a head start. A real gem! ”

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