Recommended by James McLindon

A delicately beautiful contemplation of dying and death, of how difficult it is to leave this world, and of how the right friend can help one find the way. Just lovely.

An utterly charming look at the most awkward seven minutes of ninth grade. A subjec that in other hands could have become trite is instead a very funny study of two very idiosyncratic characters.

This play is delightfully goofy and intelligent in equal measure. Its closing plea that we reengage with the natural world takes on a surprisingly different meaning to the housebound during this pandemic.

A truly inspired comedy, combining noir and sock puppets. Brilliantly funny.

This play in ten minutes manages to get at the heart of the despair so many of us are living we right and makes it look effortless. Astonishingly good.

A beautifully moving piece about death and acceptance, which wisely steers clear of the maudlin and finds immense power in the mundane.

A wonderful combination of magic and realism, finely balanced and used to great effect. A great addition to any holiday festival as an antidote to the treacle of the season.

Never saw the brilliant twist at the end coming, turning a funny short into something much more. Very well done.

Brainy and delightful, this play weaves together quantum physics, music, poetry, lush fabrics from every corner of the world, and a supremely pleasing oddness, underlaid by the sinister facts of an ever-watching Big Brother and imminent death was wonderful. Visually, it will be spectacular when fully realized. I love plays with a supernatural/magical realism/realism-plus aspect to them. I never before thought of Einsteinian physics being another potential form of that, but turns out it is. Oh, and that ending: (Spoiler Alert) the moth-draped naked woman playing her compositions to the universe will long stay with me.

A wonderfully structured comedy that teaches us about one character so thoroughly in the first half (a series of phone messages that she leaves) that we can fill in her missing dialogue in the second half, with hilarious results. Brilliant!