Blister (Multiplay Drama)

A tense relationship drama which examines how the effects of one moment can ripple through a galaxy of lives. An ordinary summer's day. Liam is about to make a decision he will spend a lifetime regretting. One day. One mistake. Seven futures sent spiralling. From service stations to sea fronts, Blister explores the limits of forgiveness and the tragic permanence of trauma. Blister was first performed at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, in collaboration with Paines Plough, before performances at the Gate Theatre, London. Multiplay Drama is an exciting new series of large-cast plays, specifically written to be performed by and appeal to older teenagers and young adults.

Laura Lomas is from Derby. Plays include Chaos (National Theatre Connections), The Blue Road (a co-commission for the youth companies at Dundee Rep, Derby Theatre/Royal & Derngate and Theatre Royal Plymouth), Joanne (Clean Break/Soho Theatre), Bird (Derby Live/Nottingham Playhouse/UK tour), Blister (Paines Plough/RWCMD/Gate, Theatre, London), Open Heart Surgery (Theatre Uncut/Southwark Playhouse/Traverse Theatre/Soho Theatre), The Island (Nottingham Playhouse/Det Norske Oslo), and Wasteland (New Perspectives Theatre/Derby Live). Radio includes Fragments (Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4), My Boy (Somethin' Else Productions/BBC Radio 4, winner of Best Drama Bronze, Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013), Lucy Island (BBC Radio 3, The Wire). In 2011 Laura wrote Rough Skin for Coming UP (Channel 4/Touchpaper), which was nominated for Best British Short at the BIFAs, and Best UK Short at Raindance Film Festival. She also wrote two episodes of Jack Thorne's series Glue which was broadcast on E4 in 2014. Laura is currently under commission to the Royal Court Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse. She is writing on series 2 of Amazon's Hanna and developing an original drama TV series, Mercy, with Clerkenwell/BBC Worldwide, as well as writing an original feature for Film4. Laura was a MacDowell Colony Fellow, and a Yaddo fellow.