Colder Than Here by Laura Wade

“I walked in and she’s sat in the coffin. In the middle of the living-room floor and she’s – she’s watching telly and laughing”

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Nobody can ignore the fact that Myra is dying but in the meantime life goes on. There are boilers to be fixed, cats to be fed and the perfect funeral to be planned.

As a mother researches burial spots and bio-degradable coffins, her family are finally forced to communicate with her, and each other, as they face up to an unpredictable future. This delicately balanced drama reminds us that love and laughter can still be found in the most difficult times.

Laura Wade’s Colder Than Here was first performed at Soho Theatre, London on 3 February 2005.