Dennis Kelly Books

A collection of five plays by leading British and internationally acclaimed playwright Dennis Kelly. Includes a previously unpublished play, first produced by the National Theatre of Scotland.

An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head- over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids - theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn.

David conducts an office romance by e-mail. He has love at his fingertips. But a shocking admission unravels his relationship piece by chilling piece. Jess loves David. She believes happiness can be bought - but it doesn't come cheap in a world of easy credit. Jess and David's ideal blend of love and money is killing them.

This tale of a mother accused and convicted of the deaths of her two young babies is a horrific yet powerful. By adopting a form commonly associated with verbatim theatre, the subject is imbued with a clarity that is at once both unrelenting and utterly engaging, as it slowly emerges that these events are not truth at all, but Kelly masquerading theatrical illusion as truth. What unfolds is a bleak yet tender exploration of grief, exploitation, and the innate hypocrisies of reportage.

Helen and Danny keep themselves to themselves. But the outside world comes crashing into their lives one day when Helen's brother turns up. Covered in blood. Dennis Kelly's new play is a thrilling contemporary suspense story which takes its audience on a chilling journey into a world just outside the front door. This disturbing urban drama has it's world premiere at the Traverse Theatre on 31st July 2009, reuniting the team that brought Kelly's play After The End to the Traverse Theatre in 2005. After a month's run at the Traverse, it transfers to Birmingham Rep and the Soho Theatre (London).

The story follows mischievous twins Holly and Sean, notorious for causing chaos and driving their Head Teacher to a nervous breakdown. Their antics come to a halt with the arrival of a new Head Teacher, who happens to be a Troll. This unexpected twist sets the stage for humorous and wild adventures as the twins encounter their formidable new principal.

An electrifying dark morality tale by multi-award winning playwright and screenwriter Dennis Kelly.

Due to be performed RSC at Hampstead Theatre in March 2010.

This is the unreal journey through two disturbed minds and the unfolding events leading up to the self crucifixion of their father in the front room. Enter the insane world of siblings Michael and Michelle.

A visceral rollercoaster of a play by one of Britain's hottest emerging writers