MATILDA's Dennis Kelly Wins for Best Book of a Musical

Dennis Kelly has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for MATILDA.

An internationally acclaimed writer, with plays performed in more than 30 countries, Kelly's stage plays include Debris (Theatre 503/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 and Birmingham Rep, 2009), The Gods Weep (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2010) and The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas (Frankfurt Schauspielhaus, 2011).

Dennis co-wrote and created the award-winning comedy series "Pulling" (Silver River/BBC 3) and wrote and created Utopia (Kudos) for Channel Four.