Mike Kenny is one of the UK’s leading writers, specialising in theatre for young people and families. He has received numerous awards, was included in the Independent on Sunday’s list of Top Ten Living UK Playwrights and his plays are performed regularly throughout the UK and all over the world.

Recent productions include original plays Follow Me (Tangere); The Messenger (Barnstorm, Ireland); A Tiger’s Tale (M6) and new adaptations of Solace of the Road (Derby Theatre); The Wind in the Willows (York Theatre Royal); Aladdin (West Yorkshire Playhouse).

Credits include: Wild Dreams (Theatre du Rond-Point, Paris); Twin Stars (Unicorn Theatre, London); Whiter Than Snow (Graeae, London); Flat Stanley (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Polka, London); The Snow Queen – new version for Cork Capital of Culture (Graffiti, Ireland); Boy With a Suitcase (SNAP); The Gardener (AJTC and Nottingham Playhouse); Of Mice and Men (Mind… the Gap); Three Wise Monkeys (Hiccup Theatre); Underneath a Magical Moon (Tutti Frutti).

His adaptation of The Railway Children won the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment. He is currently working on a large scale community production with Graeae, commemorating the Disabled of the First World War, and, The Vulture’s Song, a collaboration between Britain and India for the anniversary of Independence.