Recommended by Arthur M Jolly

  • Arthur M Jolly: The Bed Trick

    Fascinating and powerful. Hypnotic in its rhythms, cleverly constructed, tightly written... this play deconstructs a familiar trope, rewrites and elevates it. It is a hauntingly beautiful work.

    Fascinating and powerful. Hypnotic in its rhythms, cleverly constructed, tightly written... this play deconstructs a familiar trope, rewrites and elevates it. It is a hauntingly beautiful work.

  • Arthur M Jolly: Grace

    An absolutely hauntingly beautiful, introspective and thought-provoking monologue. It has shades of Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking" in the best way - an exquisitely written fragment of a challenging passage of life that doesn't get enough consideration, on stage or off.

    An absolutely hauntingly beautiful, introspective and thought-provoking monologue. It has shades of Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking" in the best way - an exquisitely written fragment of a challenging passage of life that doesn't get enough consideration, on stage or off.

  • Arthur M Jolly: Not enough buses in spring.

    A beautiful play - haunting, engaging. It transports you to the depths of these two characters. Easily staged, and a powerful piece of writing. It also has some fantastic monologues if you're looking for audition pieces!

    A beautiful play - haunting, engaging. It transports you to the depths of these two characters. Easily staged, and a powerful piece of writing. It also has some fantastic monologues if you're looking for audition pieces!

  • Arthur M Jolly: Pilloried

    Bawdy, rambunctious, with heart and even a few pearls of wisdom... if that sounds like the description of a medieval jester, you're onto why this play works so well. Wisdom through humor, and the technique of using low-brow body-function jokes to convey a lesson in shared humanity has worked well for thousands of years, and still resonates today in Jillian's wonderful "Pilloried."

    Bawdy, rambunctious, with heart and even a few pearls of wisdom... if that sounds like the description of a medieval jester, you're onto why this play works so well. Wisdom through humor, and the technique of using low-brow body-function jokes to convey a lesson in shared humanity has worked well for thousands of years, and still resonates today in Jillian's wonderful "Pilloried."

  • Arthur M Jolly: Colic

    All the funniest parts of The Exorcist and then some! Scott has a wickedly funny, outrageously original and creative play here, inhabited by characters with complex relationships and nuanced depths. I loved the twists and turns - I never knew where it would take me, but I was along for the ride!

    All the funniest parts of The Exorcist and then some! Scott has a wickedly funny, outrageously original and creative play here, inhabited by characters with complex relationships and nuanced depths. I loved the twists and turns - I never knew where it would take me, but I was along for the ride!

  • Arthur M Jolly: Fénix

    Devastatingly powerful, searing to the memory and such beautiful writing.

    Devastatingly powerful, searing to the memory and such beautiful writing.

  • Arthur M Jolly: Boardwalk Concessions

    An absolute gem of a play. Strikingly funny, with an original and effective ploy with one character desperately waiting to bite into her corndog while it's hot... but far from being a comedic gimmick, that's only the catalyst for a rapid turn into a much deeper, soul-satisfying exploration of why relationships fail. Beautifully done.

    An absolute gem of a play. Strikingly funny, with an original and effective ploy with one character desperately waiting to bite into her corndog while it's hot... but far from being a comedic gimmick, that's only the catalyst for a rapid turn into a much deeper, soul-satisfying exploration of why relationships fail. Beautifully done.

  • Arthur M Jolly: Maybe For A Minute

    Deeply reminiscent of those teenage conversations we all had - the ones that were so deep, so powerful. This is a beautiful play, and the depth of Lily and Ron-Ann, and the nuance and complexity of their relationship, are exquisitely presented. This would be a worthy addition to an evening of one-acts, and a chance for two young actors to truly shine.

    Deeply reminiscent of those teenage conversations we all had - the ones that were so deep, so powerful. This is a beautiful play, and the depth of Lily and Ron-Ann, and the nuance and complexity of their relationship, are exquisitely presented. This would be a worthy addition to an evening of one-acts, and a chance for two young actors to truly shine.

  • Arthur M Jolly: Rocket Yourself to the Moon

    Wickedly funny, bitingly political, written with a gleeful eye on the theatricality of the corporate nightmarish dystopia we live in and the best way to present it to the shareholders of Sandra's Old Timey Yoghurt Shoppe - a global conglomerate with plans for extending their corporate domination to the moon. For a start.

    Wickedly funny, bitingly political, written with a gleeful eye on the theatricality of the corporate nightmarish dystopia we live in and the best way to present it to the shareholders of Sandra's Old Timey Yoghurt Shoppe - a global conglomerate with plans for extending their corporate domination to the moon. For a start.

  • Arthur M Jolly: Family Holiday

    If you're looking for a perfect family comedy that upends the well-worn "coming out to your family" trope with wit, style and hysterical pacing, DC Cathro has crafted a beautiful and original gem of a play with Family Holiday. It's heart-warming, screamingly funny - and carries the core belief that acceptance and love transcends all.

    If you're looking for a perfect family comedy that upends the well-worn "coming out to your family" trope with wit, style and hysterical pacing, DC Cathro has crafted a beautiful and original gem of a play with Family Holiday. It's heart-warming, screamingly funny - and carries the core belief that acceptance and love transcends all.