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Laura Waldren

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Rupert Stonehill

Laura Waldren is a writer and actor from Hull. Her first play Some Demon won the 2023 Papatango Prize and premiered at the Arcola in June 2024 to critical acclaim, before transferring to a sell-out run at the Bristol Old Vic. Her debut web series This Is Hell, which she co-wrote and starred in, won Best British Series at the Pilot Light TV Awards and screened at the BAFTA- and BIFA-qualifying Bolton International Film Festival. Laura was the 2023 Writer-in-Residence for Pentabus Theatre who will producer her play BIRDCATCHER in 2016. In TV, she has an original series in development with Drama Republic and was part of BBC Voices (North and Midlands) 2025. She has written two plays for Completedworks for their London Fashion Week Shows in 2025, both of which are available on Youtube.

She is currently on commission to write plays for Wessex Grove and The Almeida Theatre.

As an actor she appeared in the second series of I Hate Suzie and feature film The Radleys, starring Damian Lewis.

 

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TELEVISION
Production (role):
ALL YOU NEED IS ME
Company:
Drama Republic
Project details:
Original Series In Development
THEATRE
Date: 2026
Production (role):
BIRDCATCHER
Company:
Pentabus
Project details:
Under commission
Date: 2024
Production (role):
SOME DEMON
Company:
Papatango / Arcola / Bristol Old Vic
Project details:
Winner of The Papatango Prize 2023

‘A work that suggests a major talent … one of my plays of the year’ - WhatsOnStage, *****

‘An astonishing debut … Ambitious, astute and utterly gripping, Some Demon demonstrates precisely why the industry needs to actively invest in developing new voices … full of one-line zingers that help make this play simultaneously educational, informative and hugely entertaining.’ - The Telegraph ****

"Waldren peels back the many layers of optimism, anxiety, denial and resentment that turn designer Anisha Fields’ bleakly impersonal split-level set into a tinder box’ - The Stage ****

'A gem of a play … any Netflix executive looking for a hit series will want to commission this on the spot' - The Spectator

Credits

  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): ALL YOU NEED IS ME
    Company: Drama Republic
    Project details: Original Series In Development
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): BIRDCATCHER
    Company: Pentabus
    Project details: Under commission
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): SOME DEMON
    Company: Papatango / Arcola / Bristol Old Vic
    Project details: Winner of The Papatango Prize 2023

    ‘A work that suggests a major talent … one of my plays of the year’ - WhatsOnStage, *****

    ‘An astonishing debut … Ambitious, astute and utterly gripping, Some Demon demonstrates precisely why the industry needs to actively invest in developing new voices … full of one-line zingers that help make this play simultaneously educational, informative and hugely entertaining.’ - The Telegraph ****

    "Waldren peels back the many layers of optimism, anxiety, denial and resentment that turn designer Anisha Fields’ bleakly impersonal split-level set into a tinder box’ - The Stage ****

    'A gem of a play … any Netflix executive looking for a hit series will want to commission this on the spot' - The Spectator
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