Live theatre exponent The nabokov Arts Club, which has previously premiered works such as Patrick Marber’s Old Street and unleashed the creative outpourings of performance poet Luke Wright, brings Joel Horwood’s triology of dazzling short plays: Is Everyone OK?, Everything I’ve Ever Done Wrong (amplified), and Public Displays of Affection? to Watford Palace Theatre as part of the east London based theatre company’s new creative association with Watford Palace.

The play which recently performed to packed audiences at Latitude Festival is a dazzling 60-minute, theatrical experience for anyone who has ever hit 30 and asked themselves what they’re doing with their life.

Playwright and nabokov writer-in-residence Joel used his own experiences of temporary office jobs to fuel the action.

“All three pieces are born out of the soul destroying world of temping in the city,” says Joel.

“I guess part of the reason I started writing was because it was during these crappy jobs, normally mid-morning, when it’s raining and an aeroplane is flying somewhere overhead, that I’d get hit by that realisation that things weren’t going to plan. These plays are my reaction to that moment when you accidentally start asking yourself all of the awkward questions you’d been staving off with nights out and shallow relationships.”

Joel grew up in Leiston in Suffolk and visits the area when not flitting between Stoke Newington and Wales. His latest play, I Caught Crabs in Walberswick premiered at The Hightide Festival prior to a National Tour and enjoyed runs at The Bush Theatre in London and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

His first play Mikey The Pikey won the Cameron Mackintosh Award and then enjoyed a sell-out run at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Joel is a member of the Royal Court/BBC The 50 scheme and took part in The Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays in November 2006. He is writer-in-residence at nabokov.

The company consists of eight actors who rotate throughout the tour to make up the cast of four, with. George Perrin is the artistic director.

“Is Everyone OK? combines three short pieces that belong together thematically and, hopefully, have a cumulative effect on an audience.

“George’s inspired choice to rehearse with an ensemble of actors has really complimented these themes. Any combination of actors or actresses could do each show, this gives each performance a specifically explosive and one off feel that keeps it utterly fresh.”

I watched these plays at Latitude and I was struck by how real these characters are from the put-upon worker who is always being upstaged by his rival, the temp fending off the lecherous advances of her boss and the pregnant woman singing karaoke who decides to cut loose from the men in her life.

For me, at times, the action was almost heart-stoppingly beautiful and along with the grateful Latitude audience I joined in on the rounds of rapturous applause.

“When George and I were talking about the trilogy as a whole, he asked me if I could write something that felt like a Feist video – to turn it on its head. A pregnant, single woman is normally looked upon as a tragic figure. I wanted to turn that snap judgment on its head.”

Joel Horwood’s plays come to Watford Palace Theatre on Friday, 11 September at 7.45pm. Tickets: 01923 225671, www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk (£10)