Recommended by Rachel Feeny-Williams

The series of plays continue with this beautiful (if a little sad) segment. While being a brilliant re-design of the classic Christmas song, this particular play also provides a poignant commentary on relationship and trying to find love and how it can cause us many sleepless nights. A truly lovely piece, even if I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pigeon.

Having seen countless recommendations for this series of plays, I thought I would give them a read and the series is off to a very strong start! Closing my eyes after I'd read it I could see the couple stood in their house in the French countryside with their concern over the poor partridge. Its a great new perspective on a classic Christmas song! Bring on the rest!

This is a beautifully cute meeting of two people who've both had their share of hardships in life and truly deserve to have something nice happen to. That is where Andrew Martineau constructs their wonderfully funny back and forth conversation. You find yourself happy, sad and feeling sorry for the characters all at the same time in places. I think produced live this would make a great piece as the audience would empathise with the characters and maybe see a bit of themselves. Another great piece from Andrew Martineau!

While somewhat eerie, this piece is a brilliant portrayal of what could happen when those in charge realise there is a source of power and destruction in their midst. Aly creates the superiority within Maddy and the nervousness within Ellison. Putting the two conversation builds a brilliant piece of tension, some wry humour and a lot to think and talk about, which makes it a really great piece to read and needs to be seen!

This is play that draws you in, in the best possible way. As I read it I could feel myself leaning further and further over my desk. If it was a TV series, it would be one I insisted no one talked during, that's how masterfully Alice Josephs has layered the tension in this brilliant piece. The mystery unfolds slowly but surely, dropping you a breadcrumb at a time, all but that last one. That is what will have audiences debating this show in the pub afterwards. A truly fabulous piece!

Another brilliantly funny re-vamp of classic fairy tales from this playwright! You can tell that Nora thinks of writing for children by giving the play a large cast and a part for everyone! The play takes the nursery rhyme "sing a song of sixpence" and the fairy tale "the princess and the pea" and mixes them up with some wonderful rhymes and humour and what comes out is a play that both children and parents will laugh at.

My experience of Nora's shorter works is that they are brilliant tales/re-tellings that make great productions for schools. This tale is not only brilliantly staged and written perfectly for a children's production but also it gives a wonderful moral that children and adults should appreciate.

Zoom and Zoom plays have become a big part of our lives in recent years so its always good to find a well written Zoom play, and this is a prime example. Having read Jacquelyn's plays before, I know she builds characters incredibly well and they always have very independent voices and characteristics, which is present here. I also love the way we, as the audience are presented with a snap shot of what a career in the arts is like. You also have the unexpected twist of the fear of 'getting back out there'. Its a fabulous play!

A brilliantly written piece that keeps walloping you with twist after twist! I can imagine an audience gasping out loud at certain points and that's what makes great theatre! Emma has constructed this piece so you keep guessing and you really have to pay attention to appreciate the layers of what is going on between this family. I think it would make a great thriller for a festival on Halloween, or any time really!

If I'd not read the description of this piece I'd have sworn they were trying to come up with new insults! That's what makes this piece brilliantly funny in its deceptiveness. The creativity in the language is great and its sure to get a giggle at the end!