Recommended by Christine Foster

  • CONVERGENCE (A Different Christmas Story)
    5 Mar. 2023
    A warm-hearted treat for actors and audience, lots of subtext and side dishes make this a family feast of the best kind, with the very best kind of Christmas surprise for desert.
  • ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER
    8 Nov. 2022
    Hugely enjoyable and believable dialogue between two passengers on a coach headed for the London Marathon. Nathan is bursting with excitement, eager to share his methodology and memorized strategies with his elderly seat-mate, but Elise has a lot more going for her than her inner calm and her ability to listen.
  • ONCE UPON A TIME AT PENGE WEST
    8 Nov. 2022
    A mime of a mini-play - rather like a two panel cartoon for the stage. It would be delightful in an evening of droll snapshots of similarly sheeplike moments. A great smile.
  • Ghost Cat
    15 Oct. 2022
    The play is a mix of gutwrenching emotional confrontations between a mother and daughter (with the adult daughter obsessively unforgiving about alleged trauma) and a creepy, philosophical journey into looping through time in a spiritually susceptible hotel which is ultimately able to comfort and release them into a kind of peace. It's a clever idea, the dialogue is gripping and the visuals are a treat.
  • tell me who i was, a short play
    15 Oct. 2022
    There are plenty of goosebump moments in this short play about three generations of women facing the dementia of the eldest. The teenage granddaughter becomes nearly hysterical at the realization of how many of the care home residents seem to be living out hopeless days, yet the grandmother herself calmly recalls, or invents, situations that aren't stressful at all. An emotional, perceptive look at our responses to losing contact with our loved ones and, potentially, ourselves.
  • The Running of the Deer
    3 Oct. 2022
    This skillful piece succeeds solidly on two levels: as a tale of corporate corruption and greed exposed, deflected and (temporarily) managed, and as a story of four determined and intense characters on a personal and passionate collision path. Clever, bitingly satirical while also deceptively relaxed, this one packs a real punch.
  • 'E'Scape
    28 Aug. 2022
    Clever, fast and funny. A great idea with lots of scope for physical comedy and satire, this is such good fun I would like to see it longer and the virtual realities the "lions" enjoy developed even further.
  • Nonsense and Beauty
    28 Aug. 2022
    The experience of reading "Nonsense and Beauty" is uplifting, perceptive, heartbreaking - all the very best sort of things a mere 'read' can provide, so I can only say how much I would love to enjoy/endure it on stage. Tender and beautifully drawn characters explore the bitter complications of life and love amid overwhelming challenges. And, as it's based on real lives, it's all the more gripping and poignant, as we can mourn and celebrate the brave hearts that actually experienced this journey. A terrific play.
  • UNHEARD
    27 Aug. 2022
    An awkward encounter between an estranged son and his dying father veers for just an instant into inspired clarity (and clairvoyance) through the use of a simple, powerful device you don't see coming. I got shivers glimpsing the real implication of their impending loss. A lovely piece.
  • GOONY BIRD HAT
    17 Jul. 2022
    Goony Bird Hat is a bit like a stroll through a fantastical art gallery where every line is a striking absurdist painting. Historic, histrionic, literate and loony, perceptive, poetic and great fun!

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