Laura Wade (born 16 October 1977) is an English playwright.
Wade was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire. She grew up in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, where her father worked for a computer company. After completing her secondary education at Lady Manners School in Bakewell, Derbyshire, she studied Drama at Bristol University and was later a member of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers' Programme.
Wade's first play, Limbo, was produced at the Sheffield Crucible Studio Theatre in 1996. 16 Winters was produced at the Bristol Old Vic Basement Theatre in 2000. After university she worked for the children's theatre company Playbox Theatre in Warwick. Wade's adaptation of W.H. Davies' Young Emma opened at the Finborough Theatre, London (where she was later Writer-in-Residence) in December 2003. Young Emma, as well as 16 Winters, was directed by Tamara Harvey, a contemporary from her time at Bristol. In 2004, Wade was a writer on attachment at Soho Theatre and her play Colder Than Here was produced there in February 2005. Her next play Breathing Corpses played at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in March 2005. In March 2006, she returned to the Soho Theatre with Other Hands. 2010 marked her reappearance at the Sheffield Crucible with her reworking of Alice in Wonderland, entitled Alice.
Actors: Richard Carmen (actor), Tony Doupe (actor), Simon Hamlin (actor), Russell Hodgkinson (actor), Jesse James (actor), Kate Alden (actress), Anissa Davis (actress), Chelsea Farthing (actress), Tonya Yorke (actress), Willard Chase (producer), Tony Doupe (producer), Sherry Floyd (producer), Nathan Hendrickson (producer), Jesse James (producer), Scott C. Brown (actor),
Plot: In an isolated coastal community, Rachel Wade is sent down an emotionally destructive path after the tragic death of her mother. Forced to leave home by her grieving father, Rachel and her younger sister return years later to find their father missing and the community deserted. What starts as a search for answers quickly turns into a race for survival. In order to escape, Rachel must face her family's dark history and a mysterious figure with sinister intentions.
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Dave the way for the grande cliche now the monsters break their chains
Yeah it's time to get heavy yeah it's time to get heavy again
Yeah it's time to get heavy yeah it's time to get heavy again
The powerbeat is back ooh monster squad attack whoa whoa yeah
Aah it's time to get heavy yeah it's time to get heavy again
Yeah it's time to get heavy yeah it's time to get heavy again