Recommended by Christopher Plumridge

  • The Bells of the Sea
    20 Feb. 2024
    Young Marie can't sleep, for the waves are crashing so nearby. Spooky enough, but she turns to Grandmother for a bedtime story.... you see where this is going?
    Only Rachel takes you and Marie further into a tale or yore, a chilling journey into the stormy sea. This has it all, and more, for this playwright doesn't just present a legendary tale, she also hits you with a devastating twist at the end.
    Turndown the lights, stoke the fire, clutch your hot chocolate and watch this play!
  • Hold My Hand (a one-minute play)
    13 Feb. 2024
    Whoa! So many questions left open in one short play, questions Derek will have a tough time answering I'm sure!
    There's lots that can be done with this play too, several options to who '?' can be...
    Great fun!
  • 101 CLICHES
    12 Feb. 2024
    Ha! Jack has really "Knocked it out of the park" with this one! Are there really 101 cliches in this? It feels like it, but let's not "count sheep." A clever, brilliantly executed experiment where you even buy into both characters!

    Of course, the real challenge for actors in this play is to play it straight, good luck!

    Anyone for boardroom bingo?
  • Seven -twelve (a monologue)
    12 Feb. 2024
    In one short page, Marilyn gives us a devastating take on a cancer diagnosis, unique. Yet her protagonist is upbeat in their real day in London, (as it felt to be located). For the rest of life still rumbles on, even if for some they are numbered.
    A clever, striking monologue.
  • SUNSETS (a monologue)
    12 Feb. 2024
    In just one page, such depth of story unfolds which will leave the reader, or watcher of this monologue quite breathless. This such a profound short piece, beautiful and moving, with a surprise you will not see coming.
  • Make it quick
    12 Feb. 2024
    Wow, the tension is high and intense from the offset and throughout! Just reading this brutally short play I felt as if I was one of them, getting my best running shoes on and preparing for a night of survival.
    Brilliant!
  • Telebomb
    11 Feb. 2024
    This is a fun Zoom short, it's slick, direct, relevant and best of all is the final line! I'm coming to realise that Kate is a master in tying up short stories in style!
  • True Love
    11 Feb. 2024
    Ha, I love this! It would be hilarious if it couldn't actually happen, but this day and age it probably can!
    It's a fun short, with a brilliant, naughty ending!
    Great!
  • Rusty Old Wrench
    9 Feb. 2024
    Old tools are precious, even if they are s rusty and cranky as their owner, they're difficult to let go of.
    This play is a touching story, of someone wanting to do good but, at first anyway, getting it all wrong.
    I love the formatting too, it gives the actors free reign to lead it how they wish.
    Nice!
  • Morning Ever After
    8 Feb. 2024
    I have often marveled in disbelief at the absurdity of 'the glass slipper/search for the lady from last night' scenario in Cinderella, but that's fairy-tales for you. Emily brings us a hilarious twist in this tale, Cheryl's immediate reaction to her Prince Charming's' visit is spot on and she naturally gives him a hard time of it.
    Great fun!

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