Recommended by Maggie Gallant

The stakes and the conflict in this piece are high from the outset and the tension is built before Rachel and Sarah even arrive. This is such a huge, timely and important set of issues to tackle - fertility, conception, who has the right to be called 'mother'. But what makes this a riveting read is the many shifts in power dynamics and alliances, and the reveals by each character to the others.

As with many of Asher Wyndham's monologues, there's a lot of real-life humour, mixed with pathos, mixed with anger, and the results come tumbling out of Yuki in a tightly written stream of consciousness. People like Yuki are true heroes but they're also human and looking after residents is hard and unrelenting, especially during a pandemic. Sometimes you just want your goddamn smoke break.

I hadn't read many duologues before but I really liked the structure and pacing of this piece. I listened to the Wireless Theatre Company recording before I read the script and loved the audio performance - a wonderful modern life melodrama with deliciously named characters and a twisty plot.

I love to read other writers' interpretations of dementia and caregiving for parents. This piece by Vivian Lermond captured so much of the real world experience and I thought I knew where it was going. But then she turns, throws us for a loop and Ieaves us to contemplate it all at the end! Beautifully done and I'm not surprised it's had so many wonderful recommendations.

The title caught my attention and the play kept it throughout. Such a clever and inventive commentary on political and social divisiveness. Loved the humour, the recognition of the games (as a Brit I had to google one!) and especially the audience involvement and the 'choose your adventure' feel. Would love to be in the audience for this.

Absolutely loved this clever and touching piece. The line 'Those old files are inaccessible' brought a lump to my throat. Working in a memory care environment I've had those conversations with people many times over and used very similar analogies. Floyd-Priskorn touches on so much within a few pages - the isolation wrought by Covid, family guilt, memory fragments. The turns and revelations are made with such a delicate and skilled hand. Wonderful.

How do you go home to a place that no longer exists for you, neither physically nor metaphorically? The playwright keeps us guessing with this beautiful and disturbing exchange between mother and daughter. So much of the past cleverly hinted at and an immediate future that's truly creepy,

i love the central conceit of this piece - the weather collective gathering to discuss Spring into Summer plans. Lots of trademark Feeny-Williams humour as the weathers jostle for position and prominence. Each of them with a very distinct voice - I particularly enjoyed Light Breeze. A lovely interactive opening too, as the audience enter and are seated.

Oh the joys of staying with in-laws and having to be up at the crack of dawn just to get some time alone. This great funny short play has elements of farce with the comings and goings and misunderstandings. Fast-paced read with snappy dialogue, I was shouting at them all in my head to give poor Rachel a break. Would be a fun one to see staged.

Asher Wyndham manages to take seemingly ordinary people and gives them voice to say important things about our culture, without ever feeling like a soapbox. Omar is a wonderfully complex character and the writer tells us just enough about his Bosnian heritage for us to understand what he's been through and why he is so passionate about peace and love. That the parents of the children who ride his bus denounce him for this is painful but all too believable. But Omar won't be defeated. Would love to see an actor take this on.