Recommended by Rachel Feeny-Williams

We had the great privilege of reading this play at our Sunday and honestly, I've never heard the idea of gender identity discussed in such a wonderfully unique and hilarious way! Creating characters as unique inanimate objects has been plenty of times but...sex toys as characters! Its utterly hilarious genius but at the same time it has a serious topic at its centre. George has a gift for creating the fabulously unique and this play is the pinnacle example of that! Plus costumes would have a field day!

We had the privilege of reading this play as part of our Sunday evening play reading and its a wonderfully powerful piece that won't fail to touch an audience. Sexuality is a complicated issue, even now, but in the 50s it was so much more. That's what Don explores in this piece as father and son discuss the complex and heartbreaking issues that can come with sexual discovery. Having read many of Don's pieces its apparent he has a gift for writing powerful scenes and I think this would be a gift to two performers.

So, as with a lot of Ryan's plays, I was drawn in just from the one sentence description and then the action begins. As an audience, you are invited into the intimate space of the confessional booth and watch as the plot is thickened by the confessional and then the follow up twist. This is a perfect example of a ten minute play, it draws you in swiftly and efficiently, allows the plot to thicken at the perfect pace and then, knowing the audience is ready, a beautifully timed twist occurs. Not saying any more, read it and love it!

As someone who has read most of Chris's collection, I am utterly dismayed its taken me this long to read this brilliantly constructed back and forth comedy. An audience won't fail to relate to having this argument, be it with a sat nav or the human navigator but then Chris gives it a wonderfully large injection of absurdity as the chaotic journey proceeds! By the end the audience will be in fits of giggles. Its a great example of comedic entertainment with a wonderfully simple set, its all about the hilarious scenario that's been created!

In the case of the tragedy of suicide there are always the conversations that follow from those left behind. That is what John has beautifully and eloquently explored here. Following the loss of Kate, those closest to her consider what has happened and are forced to look at it, just as the audience are. Its a play that can't fail to make an audience have a gut wrenching response and provides wonderfully eloquent phrasing like "Fine is an asocial, antiseptic avoidance." I highly suggest reading it and then putting it in the hands of strong actors.

We had the great privilege of reading this piece at our Sunday night play reading and it presented a wonderfully unique twist on the tale of 'The Magic Lamp'. There are lots of wonderfully witty moment, all set against the backdrop as a library, which naturally offers as a fountain of imagination, perfect for this piece! As we've seen with many of Rex's pieces, he's created a wonderfully unique scenario with intrieguing characters and offers twists and turns throughout that is gauranteed to entertain.

The strength of a monologue lies in its nature to captivate an audience although there is only one person on stage telling the story. Morey Norkin has done this fabulously here, I actually read the piece a couple of times and then closed my eyes. Sure enough, I could see these wonderful memories dancing before my eyes in the world that has been expertly constructed in this tale. Brilliantly done!

Guilt is a powerful and consuming emotion and that is what Robin has expertly explored here. The audience are drawn into the characters discovery into her own guilt and what kind of consequences it can have. I don't want to reveal too much here but it offers a wonderfully powerful role for performance and won't fail to draw an audience into the guilt and see how it...infects!

Strutz is a man stuck in a cycle of trying to improve his life when "Bad choices are all you know." It would be a difficult transition for anyone to handle and the tension and frustration in the character is displayed brilliantly here. Its also counterbalanced by frank and pragmatic advice of Berman. As an audience you learn a great deal about the lives of these two characters and the way they think in this one meeting. Dan also lures you down a path emotionally as you think maybe things are going to get better. Its a brilliant piece!

We had the great privilege of readin this piece as part of our Sunday night play reading. Its such a wonderful moment that starts in a misleading state of a row. Debra creates two wonderful characters and they guide the audience through a series of wonderful emotions, in some cases that you won't see coming. It offers great opportunities for older actors and won't fail to make the audience feel. Another amazing piece of work from Deb!