Darren Brealey's first time writing a piece in a makeshift bar theatre.

His, The Meeting Place was a simple, even old-fashioned story of family and loss. I rarely cry in the theatre - at least for emotional reasons - but there I was enjoying some new talent.

And I was bawling, with the joy of it and of the magic of a good yarn well put, the tears running down my cheeks like a bloody baby.