Laura Waldren wins Papatango new writing prize for Some Demon

The playwright and actor's debut drama about life on an eating disorder unit will have its world premiere at the Arcola theatre in London next summer

The Papatango new writing prize has been awarded to Hull playwright Laura Waldren for a drama about life in an eating disorder unit.

Waldren said that Some Demon, her first full-length script, was a very difficult, personal but important play to write" about what she described as still deeply misunderstood illnesses".

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