From The Archives Of WE Horne
This play explored the style of WE Horne. It was entertaining enough, although the American accents weren’t particularly good, and the orgasm on stage seemed somewhat unnecessary.

Mr Postmodernism
Mr Postpodernism was so quirky and offbeat that it was actually quite amusing. Featuring the Undead Bat that Steers George Bush and Margaret Thatcher’s Dick, it even goes so far as to explore JK Rowling’s sexual desires. However, as the shortest entrant in tonight’s contest – it ran for only a couple of minutes – Mr Postmodernism didn’t really provide its writers or actors with the opportunity to fully demonstrate their talents – it was over almost before it began.

Glory of God
Featuring parallel stories of an Irish monk centuries ago searching for the glory of God and a lesbian history buff reading about him today searching for meaning in life and love, this heartwarming entrant is very engaging. At times, Glory of God felt more like a history lesson than a play, but this is not a criticism. In fact, it gave this piece something that many of the others lacked – substance. Making good use of the stage, and with interesting costumes, Glory of God was one of the highlights of this week’s program.

Tenterhooks
Tenterhooks puts of modern spin on the age-old tale of the adulterous husband and the unsuspecting wife. Seeing through her husband’s lies and excuses, the wife takes revenge by forcing her husband to endure an emotional rollercoaster. This play competently uses the stage space, and engaged the audience through its physicality. Its main point of difference, though, is that it is delivered in rhyming couplets. A dangerous move, it actually worked quite well in this play, eliciting laughter from the audience.

In the Closet With Pamela Anderson
Following two youths as they journey to discover their identity and their sexuality, this play takes place almost largely in the dark. While this certainly worked well at the beginning, it became tiresome as the play drew on. As there was no focal point on stage, I felt as if this detracted from the message the play was trying to deliver.

Bishop And The Actresses
Opening with a Gregorian chant, rows of pews and dramatic lighting, this piece began with a lot of promise. However, it failed to deliver much more than a few cheap laughs. Featuring four seductively shimmying nuns, four grooving bishops and no dialogue, this play was entertaining for the first couple of minutes, and repetitive thereafter.

At Sea
A young couple, which is planning on having children, looks after the dog of a friend who is away at sea for eight weeks. When the boyfriend takes the dog to the park, turns his back for a moment, and then discovers that the dog has been shaved, spray-painted and graffitied, the girlfriend begins to question whether they would make competent parents. After some heated domestic discussion, they come to the conclusion that all you really need to raise a child is love. Are they wrong? It’s not groundbreaking stuff, but ‘At Sea’ is quite entertaining.

Somewhere Between The Sea And The Sky
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy meets other girl and falls in love with her. Boy is faced with dilemma… While this basic description makes ‘Somewhere between the Sea and the Sky’ sound unoriginal, its simplistic conceptual foundation is saved by evocative, poetic writing. Torn between two lovers, his steady and stable girlfriend (the sea), and the flighty violin virtuoso (the sky), the protagonist wrestles with his conscience, with amusing results.

The Cardboard Box
This play provides a concise history of the cardboard box. While this may not sound like the most fascinating subject, it is, surprisingly enough, actually quite interesting, and very engaging. The audience learns that the box is not just used to carry or contain, but that it also can be used to conceal. This point is driven home by dramatic scenes of terrorism in Iraq. Well written and well acted, this play was quite impressive.

The Diver
More of a standup comedy than a play, The Diver was a one-man-show featuring the sometimes nonsensical and sometimes hilarious ramblings of the protagonist. One of the best, if most disturbing, lines in this play was “My uncle was a magician – he made my virginity disappear”.

Squeezing The Moral Out Of A Carbuncle
While it was clearly trying to make a political statement, which is not necessarily a bad thing, this play seemed to try too hard, and consequently failed.

Mel And Mee
Featuring Mel Gibson and a Jewish policeman who pulled him over for driving under the influence, Mel and Mee tries to . The best line was “Marriage is like a three-ringed circus – engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering”. However, from there it was, unfortunately, all downhill.