Recommended by Paul Smith

Wonderful. Lee always makes me smile and this brought a great big grin to my face. A simple piece but with so much backstory which can imagined - it is a real skill to pull that off in just abut a minute. I love this!

Vivian Lermond has a fine reputation for great dialogue and for plays which offer a clever plot with mysterious elements. In Convergence she has created a wonderfully constructed play with characters of depth. Setting the play at Christmas time offers extra spice to the mix, giving any company wishing to perform it a cracker of a play.

The human mind is a wonderful thing and when you read a short play like Bev you easily admire the imagination of a writer like Gina Femia. This smart piece of work takes sibling disagreement and rips the skin of it through the use of a supernatural intermediary and in doing so throws up a whole raft of discussion points; responsibility, family discord, euthanasia.... it's all here and more. Writing that makes you think, think and think again!

This tautly written piece of drama utterly captures the claustrophobic combination of prison and approaching fires. I have read many plays which look at climate change, but this is the first I have come across which looks at the issue of fire. It is so vivid and compelling that you can almost smell the acrid smoke. The dialogue crackles like burning timber and the storytelling by Conor McShane is so good you yearn for an even longer play to emerge. Super stuff.

Writing believable teen dialogue is incredibly tricky and in this cracking excerpt - and super stand alone piece - Nick Malakhow creates some of the best I have ever read. The relationship between Gabby and Taj is utterly believable and the words and completely natural. A beautifully written and realised piece which tempts one to read the play from which it is plucked.

The ability to tell a complete story of such depth in such a short piece is an extraordinary achievement. Scott Sickles creates the most incredible scenario and with only a few words gives us deep emotion, fear, love and hope all in one. To witness this play in action would be something to remember and cherish.

There is a feeling of real discomfort in this play... people on the edge, their local area on the edge, a relationship on the edge. With the appearance of an unusual acquaintance, Carol and Graham's downward spiralling relationship faces new challenges. Scott Sickles creates an incredibly inventive piece of drama out of a very simple premise, but one which draws you in so temptingly. Wry, smart and clever - a one-act play packed with atmosphere and cracking dialogue.

All sorts of new connections were made during the Covid pandemic and here Douglas Whaley illustrates just the way in which a Zoom call leads to revelations of a long friendship. There is a really believable vibe between Nate and Matt and as the story unfolds, the incredulity they both feel over what they discover is palpable. A tender and wry look at romance set against the difficulties of admitting to one's own sexuality. Super piece of work.

A profoundly moving piece of writing by Christopher Plumridge. Walls have ears and eyes and thoughts and this monologue speaks volumes about what is witnessed between those walls. The good, the bad and the very ugly; all captured here in a piece of clever, insightful writing.

Absolutely hilarious. A brilliant piece of observational writing from Lee Lawing - so well written and has allsorts of possible implications. A illustration of how often children are far more mature than adults. Start the debate yourselves - but make sure you have a laugh - read this play and you certainly will!