Nicholas Kelly lives in Dublin. His play The Future is Betamax was presented as part of the Storming festival of young writing at The Royal Court in 1996. Kelly received a Literature Bursary from the Arts Council in 1997. He has been Writer-in-Residence with Team Educational Theatre Company and with Project/Dublin Corporation. The Harmony Suite, a site-specific documentary play commissioned by Collective Encounters, Liverpool, was performed in September 2005. Other stage plays include A Quiet Life (commissioned by the Abbey Outreach Department and performed at the Peacock Theatre, 2000), The Great Jubilee (Y2K Festival, Fishamble, 2000), Shapeshifters (TEAM Theatre Company, 1999), United Colours of Domino (Dublin Youth Theatre, 1998) and The Future is Betamax (Young Writers' Festival, Royal Court, London, 1996). Radio plays include The Black Rider and Blameless (RTE). He received the P J O'Connor Award for Blameless in 1996. Nicholas was Playwright-in-Residence at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, from 2001 to 2003.