Laura Wade

Laura is a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. Her first play for the Royal Court, Breathing Corpses, played in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in 2005 and won her the Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Playwrights Best Play Award, the George Devine Award and an Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.

She is currently adapting Posh into a feature film for Blueprint Pictures. Her other recent work includes the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Kreutzer vs Kreutzer (Sydney Opera House and Australian national tour); and Alice, a new adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield) with Lyndsey Turner.