Recommended by Rachel Feeny-Williams

Apps have needs too! In this comedy sketch that is what the writer conveys in a brilliant way. He also creates a brilliant snapshot of our lives as people so obsessed with phones that we miss out on actually being with each other. That's what this piece provides the audience, perspective, humour and a lovely ending. What more could you need?

Its the brilliant absurdity of the characters that caught my attention right from the very beginning. Nick's passion for the festive season coupled with Mary's devastating (if slightly amusing) relationship with the same festive season had me giggling almost instantly. The play then keeps giving with the connection of the classic Christmas story to the chaos that is actually happening. You would think that every tale that could be associated with Christmas has been done but this writer takes the audience through a wonderfully funny and fantastic new story that can't fail to make you giggle!

Harrowing and Horrifying in the best possible way! That's my initial gut response to this piece. In eight pages the writer is able to show the intense hold that addition places on a person and the grotesque methods the character is willing to go to will have any audience squirming in their seats. There is an element of Theatre of Cruelty about this piece as you read thinking "god he's not going to" and then he does. Its a brilliantly constructed addictive piece, its captivating, intense and grotesque in parts but at the same time you just can't look away.

Having been on the tenant's side of this argument for many years this piece was a truly unique perspective for me. We see landlords as greedy people who just want to get their money and to hell with the rest of us. The writer's character here seems to force us to sway between hate and pity for him as he tries to plead his case to a faceless organisation (or Kendra as she's known) and truly makes you see things from the other side of the rental agreement, very interesting and a great monologue in the current climate.

It is clear to me that Ky Weeks has a gift for writing plays that feel almost gothic in nature (but maybe that's just me). This piece captured the image of the time of Vikings perfectly. You find yourself drawn into this world of legends, invited in by wonderfully created characters. The play swirls and soars as it speeds at a great pace through the story until you are brought to a brilliantly constructed ending. Its a story that I could easily see being told around campfires or in a theatre, either way the audience stands captivated!

Right from the character description of "Uncommonly sentient and undoubtedly haunted" I knew I was in for something intriguing in this piece and I definitely wasn't disappointed. The exchange between the Flora and the Tree not only forces the audience to consider the damage we leave behind but also makes us consider ourselves and the curses we carry for ourselves and for others. When this piece is on a stage (which it undoubtedly should be) the audience will walk away talking and thinking about it, possibly for days and that makes this a brilliant and chilling piece. A wonderful job!

While you want to feel for Bill and his issues with the rebellious Alexa, you can't help but giggle at this well paced piece. The characters are created as real as you or I and as someone who didn't get the baking fascination during Lockdown I can full appreciate Bill's opinion on it. The back and forth chaotic dialogue between the three characters has a wonderful farcical quality to it that continues to escalate through the piece. However, what the writer has actually created here is a very real, very chaotic but emotional piece that shows the truth of lockdown.

This piece had me itching my own skin by the end of page 2. The writer expertly builds the tension as his poor character has to suffer through this eternal torment. This piece needs an audience to appreciate the ever heightening tension the writer has created brilliantly before a superb ending! I'm not normally one for 'creepy' plays but this one really caught my attention and I think it will do for an audience.

Another wonderfully crafter piece by the playwright. Personally I think after all the years we've been blaming the universe for our problems it is about time it had a shot back at us! Despite having a non-descript character name 'Voice' comes with oodles of character and the back and forth between him and woody travels at a great pace and makes this piece truly individual in its imagination and creation.

A brilliantly funny interpretations of how the seasons work together. The dialogue is wonderfully natural and the characters you see are a wonderful fit for the seasons they embody and you can't help but giggle throughout. Its a great scenario wrapped in a wonderful idea sprinkled with fabulous characters. What more could you want?!