Recommended by Christopher Plumridge

Ha! You had me fooled Mr Pruess! What starts as a perfectly understandable twisted time travel tale turns into something quite normal, then doesn't! Am I making sense, probably not, but this play is a hoot nonetheless, poor Matt is caught up in the middle and doesn't know what to buy, or not buy, his girlfriend for Christmas. This would be so much fun to stage, I love it!

You know when you have something to share, something so incredible, so delicious, but no one seems to be bothered...? Well, one fly does here, when he finds... erm... a new delicacy, naturally he wants to share it amongst his brethren. I'll never look at the nativity scene in quite the same way again! Great fun!

Times are hard when unemployed, as these two are clearly now and feel, but together, amongst their bickering, they find a way to celebrate the big day, in quite a unique way! I would love to see their tree once 'decorated' !

Awww, this is such a wonderful, sweet, funny and visually hilarious holiday play, as if the twelve days of Christmas had stormed into their little apartment, well most had! Behind this are multiple layers, a sadness as we feel for young Holly as she's couped up amongst all the decorations. But as with all good festive stories this one leaves you with a warm glow. Lovely!

A sign of a great writer is to approach a difficult emotional story (What is more so than being dead?) and treat it with respect, humour and dignity. Here Jacquelyn does just that with her own unique style, in the way she creates three great characters in SQUISHERS ATONEMENT. Helena is a wonderful character, sincere and business like until the truth of her being is revealed.
Then the playwright finishes this piece with such a beautiful ending, still with careful humour, so any audience lucky enough to see this will go home smiling. Love it!

Oh, if there wasn't an underlying sadness, no scrub that, an 'in your face' sadness, to this play it would be hilarious! Indeed it is very funny, with visuals which would bring the house down. But you feel for Ashley as her family, apparently, simply refuse to accept her feelings and her sexual preferences. I want to laugh but mostly to shout at her parents to tell them to accept this! A great play!

I've had Escargots (let's face it, a posh name to help is deal with the fact we're eating slimy snails...) about the same amount of times as this protagonist. This is a clever monologue, as there's so much scope to act with it, in several ways. Love it!

This play (I shan't try to write the title!) is such a fun invite into a Jewish household, albeit a fun and slightly odd Jewish household. I have been, on rare occasion, in a similar situation as Dane as they are introduced to this family, I just know I would enjoy every minute as it unfolds before me! Another wonderful and unique play by Lipschutz!

Ha! What begins as a zany Monty Python inspired sketch involving an anti-capitalist talking Christmas tree (why not?!) turns itself round to bring an important message, one I've often thought but perhaps never followed up on: Let's stop buying each other crap!
Great fun, great message!

Sometimes, as in this sharp two hander, the tension builds throughout, in this case sexual tension. Usually, the audience is left wondering, standing on the edge looking into the abiss.... but here, Hansen breaks the rules. He throws you in deep, in an excellent way! Love it!