Recommended by Christopher Plumridge

Sometimes the best work comes to a writer at the strangest of times, and they have to write it down at that exact time otherwise it may be lost forever. In such a moment Cole gives us this brief but powerful monologue, showing that the innocence of youth can make us see our issues in a much brighter and logical light. Beautiful.

This great play by Laura is a fantastic way to approach a taboo subject and make it sound perfectly acceptable! Furthermore it is totally hilarious and moves along at a terrific speed from the initial classroom horror to the untimely 'urgent' phone call from the sex-wise grandma. The writer says this can be performed solo or by all characters involved, for me it reads as a totally funny, exasperated, teacher read monologue. I would love to watch the audiences reaction to watching this! Brilliant!!

A fairy tale adaptation....? A Bear...? I'm in!

This is a clever telling of the time after the original story which throws up a few revelations. Most of all it has an important story to tell, sadly one that is rarely listened to.... if only we would stop and let the next generation build the bridges the previous generation destroyed and refuses to repair, instead preaching hatred into their children, then the world might just become one big fairy tale. Nicely told!

Does it really take outsiders to notice what Rachel has highlighted to original effect here, just what is happening in the USA right now? The author has used two aliens, casually relaxing with the papers on a Sunday morning, to summarize clearly and plainly just what tragedies may unfold. There is also a clever use of the Woodstock festival back in the 60's to show how times have changed, for good or bad.

Tim Eless, Private Eye is a fast paced, perfectly dark and atmospheric film noir play, and right up my street!
I would love to see this staged, but filmed in black and white would bring it to life, or death, I forget!
There's a wonderful play on words with 'Incarcerated' which made me laugh out loud, read it for yourself, go on, it's a real gem!

Oh this play is so beautiful! The kindness of strangers, whether welcome or not, can at times be the one thing we really need. Instantly both characters become perfectly palpable and you feel as if you are sheltering with them yourself. I don't want to say anymore about this other than to say "read this play, watch this play, it's... I repeat myself.... BEAUTIFUL!

Please release The Karen, whoever was brave enough to confront her in the first place deserves their own statue!!!! This s a total hoot from start to finish with such wonderful characters that I half expected Frankie Howard to wander in as if straight from Up-Pompeii!

Great names, wonderful characters and funny puns.

Brilliant and hilarious in equal measure!

Oh my word this is so much fun I grinned all the way through reading it! So inspired too, to notice the rhyming problem which had never occurred to most of us before and the despatchers attempts to help with this are hilarious. Norkin has a wonderful way of bringing humour to the stories or events we all know of old, check out another of his plays 'CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? to see what I mean.
Great fun!

Swenson has such a unique, compassionate style to his writing, able to take once again a difficult subject and treat it with the perfect amount of gentle respect. This play proves this once again, with a twist I really did not see coming, probably because my mind allowed itself to expect another outcome, which makes great writing like this all the more fascinating. Beautiful.

In ON QUEUE Norkin perfectly nails the culture and etiquette we must adhere to when waiting in a queue, even if there are only two people in it! This is especially true in the UK! I particularly enjoyed the awkward interaction between the two impatient men and loved the look they give to the audience, I won't say where that is, find out for yourself!