Recommended by Christine Foster

Such a cleaver, original concept with imaginative details that make the audience grin with recognition AND groan with sympathetic despair as one person's seven year's bad luck at breaking a mirror is compressed into one day. Can it get worse? Oh yes.

The set up seems familiar at first, a young man doesn't know that he has died and is met and helped at a way station in the afterlife - but the play soon takes several heart-wrenching turns. The boy's parents, in their grief, astral project to be with him one last time, there is a reunion with another lost family member, and then a plan for them all to reunite in an unexpected way. I loved the journey, such a moving expression of the depth of commitment and love.

A light hearted, clever romp through the minds of Zeus and Hera on Olympus as they choose a new cupbearer and explore the ins and outs (and future) of pansexuality and sheep as 'emotional support animals.' A solid smile from beginning to end.

A taut reminder of how close anyone without instant "white privilege" is to being labelled, profiled, typed - thoughtfully written with insight and honesty.

An insightful play that requires the audience to do the heavy lifting figuring out what the true history of the deceased is. Whatever it is, it's complicated, which takes us on an realistic, tightly- packed and emotional ride.

One of my all-time favourite short plays. Intelligent, sensitive, funny, touching and ultimately unpredictable.
And you like both the characters, and care about what happens. Wow. That's pretty rare in a short piece.

There are quite a few comic riffs on Shakespeare scenes, and I usually find they fall a bit flat, but not in this case. I was smiling from the start and laughing aloud by the end, loving the mix of real text and kvetching. A great addition to any festival.

An upbeat and tenderhearted look at an adult mother-daughter relationship that avoids stereotypes, softens edges, and allows the actors to explore and enjoy both the naturalistic dialogue and the underlying humour.

A very clever concept, but a bit heartbreaking, too. Mom and Dad are struggling with their teen daughter's selfish, oppositional behavior when to their delight and relief a loving, respectful, appreciative version of their child drops in. What is so moving is that of course inside their actual troubled teen this "other" Katie still exists, but is in too much in pain to show it.

A very entertaining piece on a very unusual asylum seeker who wants to stay in Canada. A witty romp with great dialogue and lots of zany action, a truly funny "interview with a vampire."