Recommended by Rachel Feeny-Williams

Wow! Just when you think you've heard everything you get "You’re feeling bad about... how you can’t be a bigot anymore?" Greg Lam presents a brilliantly written perspective on the idea of 'forced politeness' taken to the extreme. As a reader I had to read it twice because I was just purely shocked by Clarice's outburst. The biting back and forth dialogue between the two women is very well done and it will no doubt leave audiences astounded in the best possible way.

As a Christmas lover, I've had many conversations about when it is ok to sing Christmas songs, so this piece spoke to me right from the very beginning (and I dare say will do for others as well). From there the piece continues to provide many points within Buddy and Elaine's relationship that audiences will relate to. The piece takes you through their relationship (the good and the bad) in brilliantly heartfelt way. You'll come out of a theatre holding the hand of the person you're with a little bit tighter. A perfect seasonal offer for a festival.

The flitting back and forth between the political and the sexual makes you sit up and take notice as you think about what this girl (and America) are going through as they both of their experience of having themselves violated. I found myself angry that it got to the point of faking it for the central character to be released. This is a piece that will resonate with audiences and it will make them uncomfortable but that is sometimes what great theatre is about, forcing the audience to face a certain reality and a certain idea.

"Celebrate Christmas as a mother" is absolute genius! In this piece Peter brilliantly creates a wonderful world where Father and Mother Christmas are larger than life characters, each wanting to be the centre of Christmas. The word play is so wonderful it will have you laughing out loud all the way through and will leave you seeing Christmas in a whole new light. Its one of the best 'alternative' Christmas pieces I've ever read!

You always hear about horrifying events on the news but you are able to keep a certain amount of distance but in this powerful piece Dwayne confronts his audience with death and what the officer sees. Its a piece that will not only be heard but experienced and because it is so well constructed I would wager it will have people talking about it as they walk away. I powerful piece for the central actor and expertly put together. The point this piece raises needs to be heard and seen.

Well despite being guilty of splurging on Valentines Day I couldn't help but laugh out loud at this piece. Its a brilliant commentary on how the commercialism of a holiday can affect our common sense but its also amplified by the extreme idea of it turning people into actual zombies! Brilliantly put together and would make a great addition to a sketch show.

Oh the wonders of auto correct. As if creating a brilliant piece that combines two opposing worlds, John then throws an auto correct spanner into the works. Some lines, you don't know if its been corrected and some you can almost imagine your own phone correcting. Its a wonderfully funny piece on word play and I think would have audiences giggling right the way through. Its official "John has the power!" (He-man reference if you didn't know :-) )

Chris has done it again! A fairly standard scenario, the end of a date, the guy thinks he's getting lucky and then he swirls it into a tornado of hilarious chaos and coffee beans! The flit back and fourth between flirtation and passionate fascination between the two character is brilliantly done. You find yourself feeling sorry for Ian (even if he is a bit full of himself) but then you want to know more about Cathy's obsession with coffee. Its a wonderfully funny journey that will have you giggling from start to finish, as well as appreciating coffee, of course!

A perfect example of how writers take the events in their lives and when we can't fix/address it, we writer about it. I now what to see the play that the writer writes as a result. Nora expertly frames the idea of how people can be almost neurotic about being judged and paranoid of what other people think of them. Its brilliantly done and is one of those pieces that stands on its own but could also be brilliantly expanded!

They say that when you reach the end of a play and all you can hear is silence, that's when a piece has resonated with an audience. Well, when I got to the end of this piece I just sat there, and then I read the final speech again and all I could think of how much emotion something like this took out of the writer. This is a piece of strength, of inspiration and of passion and it forces the audience to 'deal with' what its truly about. Its a piece for change and its brilliantly done.