Dennis Kelly's plays include Debris (Theatre503/Battersea Arts Centre, 2003), Osama the Hero (Hampstead Theatre, 2004), After the End (Paines Plough/Traverse Theatre/Bush Theatre, 2005), Love and Money (Young Vic/Manchester Royal Exchange, 2006), Taking Care of Baby (Hampstead Theatre/Birmingham Repertory, 2006), DNA (National Theatre, 2008), Orphans (Paines Plough/Traverse Theatre/Soho Theatre/Birmingham Rep, 2009), The Gods Weep (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2010), The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas (Royal Court, 2013), Matilda the Musical (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2010) and Pinocchio (National Theatre, 2017). His plays have been performed all over the world and have been translated into nearly thirty languages. For television he co-wrote and created Pulling (Silver River/BBC 3) and has written and created Utopia (Kudos) for Channel Four.

"Our Teacher's a Troll: 'A celebration of naughtiness and questioning, it's a raucous, skin-crawling treat.' Guardian 'A hilarious dark fable.' The Herald Orphans: 'a cast-iron understanding of the morally bankrupt way we live now.' Daily Telegraph Taking Care of Baby: 'In its examination of how stories are told, is an imaginatively realised and moving story.' Guardian DNA: 'A taut, compelling thriller and a modern-day spin on Lord of the Flies, exploring group behaviour and moral equivocation' Financial Times The Gods Weep: 'Admirable in its ambition and daring, in its willingness to take on huge themes such as destruction and redemption.' Financial Times "