Recommended by Christine Foster

I have kept this play in my 'wish list to direct' for five years and am delighted to finally have the chance. Gruff, self protective Harold's reactions to the erotic carvings on the temple walls are hilarious, and Doris' attempts to make him see themselves by seeing them are heartfelt. In the end it is only by pushing each other a little too far on tender topics that they stumble into the painful honesty that lets them reconnect. A charming, satisfying and heartwarming comedy.

If God is about promises, what happens when the promises fail? The faithful will tell us to Trust and Wait. But Experience and Faith may be incompatible. This devastating monologue explores what happens when you can finally imagine giving up, and also...can't.

It's arch, it's perceptive, and it's great fun, too. We may not be as nihilistic as the Cat or as gullible as the Fish, but their clearcut and opposing philosophies overlap in our own daily thoughts, making us smile in recognition as they explore the unlikely possibility that they may actually be friends.

A quirky piece about attraction and imagination. Two women collaborate to discover how to follow their hearts in a creative and intuitive way. Lots of fun and kind of sexy.

Painfully funny, excruciatingly clever, my toes stayed curled up the whole time at the collision of optimism and disaster. A great idea perfectly delivered.

A comic test of angst and empathy as Alice tries to re-invent her life and finally get her license without parallel parking. Her examiner gives such minimal responses the result could go either way, adding to the tension and delivering a very satisfying ride.

A razor sharp play about loss which refuses to grieve. Instead it celebrates the truth that 'caring' and 'loving' overlap constantly and are integral parts of 'families' however they are imagined. The characters are warm and true and the flow of scenes is so finely crafted that the perceptive dialogue manages to cut and heal at the same time. A really fine piece.

The wit and playful intelligence of this piece are a delight. It's about hope and 'grounding' and chance and physics and biology and wonder all at once, and keeps the audience in a state of anticipation and curiosity - while smiling all the while.

I was deeply moved by the framing of this piece as much as the emotional content. The evocation of the rebuilding of the Acropolis after its destruction and a period of mourning gently segues into the laughter of children. The monologue has the structure and impact of a well-crafted poem, and that really worked for me.

A lot can happen in thirty minutes, especially if it's your last thirty on earth. Two men, a priest and a condemned man, take a chance on exposing truths they've been hiding from everyone including themselves. Both gain last minute insight while the tension mounts and the doorway to a kind of wisdom (and a kind of peace) does inch open. But in the end it's only to confirm that the only kind of peace and wisdom humans ever get is Partial. And that in itself is satisfying and right.