A young man from Wythenshawe has been sent on a ten week therapy via poetry course to work through something he would much rather leave alone. He doesn't like therapy. He definitely doesn't like poetry. But he would like everyone to stop asking him how he feels. Facing him, a therapist with one question: are you telling the truth or have you told this story so many times you now believe it? So they talk. They play chess. He makes jokes, changes the subject and, once a week, brings in a poem. The trouble is, the poems start getting harder to hide behind as he realises he's “not f*cking Oscar Wilde”. Act of God is the debut play from Manchester writer Jacob O'Connor, exploring masculinity, class and what happens when a man who can talk his way out of almost anything, suddenly can't.

The crew of the Dogstar are dropping like flies. Whalers with no whales left to catch, they have been icebound for months and a whiff of mutiny is in the air as they look to cast blame. But something strange is happening. Are the crew's heavenly visions a symptom of scurvy, a result of the endless polar night - or a chance at salvation?

Scientists have discovered the elixir of youth. Whilst the older generation revel in their rejuvenated bodies, the young are leeched of their priceless blood and forced to fight for their future. A weary widower is injected with this new lease of life but discovers that immortality is not all that it's cracked up to be, and there are severe costs for his generation refusing to give way.